Experimental songwriter and producer feeo - the artistic alias of musician and multidisciplinary artist Theodora Laird - reveals new single ‘tnteen’ today (February 14), taken from forthcoming new EP run over for March 21st.
“‘tnteen’ focusses on explosives as a physical and political representation of excess, directly relating to the exploitation and depletion of land through mining precious stones” feeo explains.
Ideas of adolescent desires for satisfaction, and the volatile whims incurred, are summoned as analogy for a young earth, depleted by greedy overreach.
As ever, the multi-layered themes are accompanied by ethereal instrumentation, at once amorphous and ephemeral - as well as feeo’s mystical vocals. The sonic choices are very intentional, in lock-step with the lyrical sentiment:
“The production and songwriting mirrors this excess, with the sonics and lyrics packed in with little room left to breathe.”
The run over EP follows last year’s Ah, Hunger! EP and 2021 debut feels like we’re getting older doesn’t it which have so far seen feeo acclaimed by Pitchfork, The New York Times, The Wire, The FADER, DAZED, CRACK, gal-dem, CLASH, NOTION, and COLORS; and BBC 6 Music, 1Extra and Radio 1.
Channelling a unique combination of styles and influences feeo’s practice revolves around a principle of immersive storytelling, with a particular focus on the tension between micro and macro narratives. Selections of contextual original writing underpin the concepts she explores (see further down).
The new EP follows on in this creative process, and cannot be observed in a vacuum - as feeo explains:
“‘Ah, Hunger!’ was a dissection of scarcity; the absence of satisfaction, the politics of wanting. The ‘run over’ EP is, in a sense, the inverse of these themes, intended to be read in relation to ‘Ah, Hunger!’.
‘run over’ focusses on excess - the fall out that follows satiation. This theme is present narratively across the writing, but also embedded in my approach to production for each composition. Sonically I was exploring the dynamics between excess and sparsity as a conscious reflection of the wider themes underpinning the project.”
feeo first came to prominence as a vocalist after featuring on Loraine James’ Hyperdub release For You And I in 2019, before launching into her own creative space. feeo has performed alongside the likes of Contour, Mica Levi, Coby Sey and NUKULUK.
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