A new release from Indyana, ‘the moon in the morning’ sees the cinematic folk artist showcase her vocal talents in glorious kaleidoscopic colour, expanding a gentle acoustic guitar accompaniment into a vast and pensive odyssey that brings the listener through vast greenery and a luxuriant haze. As strings rise and fall through captivating chord progressions, we steadily make our way towards an incredible climax, filled with percussive echoes and a high vocal that showers a celestial presence on the music with cascading power.
Returning to the norm once again, Indyana grasps with the movement, before once again empowering the music around her with intricate arrangements as she moves towards the final moments.
Indyana adds, “My cinema-folk lullaby 'the moon in the morning' is an ode to how a mere glimpse of the moon, especially at peculiar times of day, has humbled my human struggle more times than I could ever count. Whenever I see the moon in the morning (or in the afternoon), my inner child can do nothing but gasp at its presence, as we are taught from a young age that the moon is only a thing we see at night.
My siren-esque vocal line (see timecode 2:18), or as I like to call her ‘the moon siren’, was added quite far into the writing process, as I felt like the song needed a powerful cry out to the ether. This, in combination with my intricately composed viola lines throughout, strongly elevated what was once a soft lullaby I wrote in my bedroom to something so much more profound and emotionally gripping.
I hope my track draws others’ attention to this great power of our moon. We are all 'navy babies' (children of the galaxy) but it is easy for us to get caught up in our earthling activities and forget to simply... exist. Allow this song to cast you into the depths of yourself; to let your emotions run wild like the rising and falling of the tide.”
Self-produced and classically trained on viola, Indyana crafts ethereal cinema pop with delicate vocals and lyricism, a self-described cosmic wonderland for listeners to explore their own inner galaxy. Set for release soon, her 12-track debut album the navy baby will be the culmination of an early career spent performing across Melbourne, seeing Indyana shine as a solo artist and an orchestral musician.
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