![]() “ It’s about the collective misery and depressive introspection one experiences on their birthday, which in this era of being alone, can feel infinite.”Ĭheck it out below or on streaming platforms. Hana Vu’s third album, Public Storage, is a powerful meditation on the self, change and loss. The shot was inspired by Bruce Nauman’s Studies for Holograms. Having previously released the soaring existential question that is “Maker”, she’s now followed it up with “Everybody’s Birthday”, a track intended to poke “fun” at the absurdity and misery of our collective present existence. The cover art for Public Storage features a closeup shot of the inside of Vu’s mouth with the contrast turned up to 100. She began to see the musical process as similar, as she explains: “ these public expressions of thoughts, feelings, baggage, experiences that accumulate every year and fill little units such as ‘albums.’“Ĭontinuing on the themes of Public Storage, she says: “ I am not religious, but when writing these songs I imagined a sort of desolate character crying out to an ultimately punitive force for something more.” Named for the strange bastions of safekeeping that are all too familiar to many Americans, it took on particular significance for Vu, as she lived next to one of these centers while crafting her new album. T HE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: Storage units hold possessions on pause from the outside world, objects capable of reconnecting us to a time or place. Indeed, while she’s known as a ‘bedroom pop’ artist, that belies just how expansive the sound of the new LP is, boasting more layers and textures than her music ever has before. ![]() Public Storage is out November 5 via Ghostly International, and it promises to reach all new heights for the producer and singer-songwriter. ![]() In fact, if you’ve been following closely, this is technically her debut album, as both her prior projects were presented as ‘double EPs’.
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