Perennial (album)
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| Studio album by Vera Blue | ||||
| Released | 21 July 2017 | |||
| Length | 44:52 | |||
| Label | Universal Music Australia | |||
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Perennial is the second studio album by Australian folk musician Vera Blue (the first under the name Vera Blue). The album was announced on 15 June 2017, and released on 21 July 2017.
Upon announcement, Vera Blue said: "Perennial is a term for plants that come back year after year, and I like to relate that to memory, feelings and emotions. It's what the record is all about; relationships can be very cyclical, or never-ending, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's just part of life." The album was recorded between Sydney and Los Angeles and is arranged into three chapters which chronologically trace the development of the songwriter.
Vera Blue promoted the album with a national tour across Australia from July to September 2017.
Cameron Adams from the Herald Sun said: "Pavey and her creative partners Andy and Thom Mak fire up a deep house beat, where the bass goes low while Pavey's voice hovers above, detailing how with a few billion humans on the earth she can afford to be choosy. "Magazine" and "Regular Touch" are what you could even call bangers — it's as if Pavey is cutting out the middle man and remixing herself ... and it works." He added: "'First Week' has flashbacks to her Simon and Garfunkel origins, before the gentle verses are punctured by an epic chorus that sounds like New Order playing a gig in a church. Yet there's still gorgeous harmonies and melodies in the mix and personal lyrics about a bespoke heartbreak song. 'Said Goodbye to Your Mother' captures Pavey's precise way with words, a bruised relationship post-mortem that is as raw musically as it is emotionally, while 'Fools' follows the Troye Sivan organic electronic blueprint in style. 'Pedestal' secures a sweet spot between Kate Bush, Coldplay and Radiohead... But there's also brutally tender moments like piano ballad 'We Used To' and 'Mended' — which manages to pull off being both anthemic and haunting all at once".
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