First Second Chance (bandcamp)

This gothic-tinged collection by the Flightless Fairy, Dani Pickering, fuses folk textures to an occasionally more pop-oriented song structure while maintaining a dark thematic underbelly, inspired by their struggles to achieve a stable sense of identity – even into adulthood.

“With First Second Chance I’ve sought to tackle anxieties around feeling like I just don’t seem to have a coherent identity, which I do by looking at how I relate to other people and places,” they said. “Each song is a step in a journey toward my unsettling realisation that identity itself is dependent on these pretty fundamental relationships.”
credits
released April 12, 2019

DANI PICKERING — vocals, guitar, instrumentals, lyrics, composition, production
KIRSTIN CROWE — supporting vocals, vocal coaching
S. MADDOX — production, instrumentals (Purgatory)
ZAK "BADGE" RAPHAEL — warbling, instrumentals
BRIGHID HURTUBISE — New Zealand Gothic consultancy
HURIANA KOPEKE-TE AHO — cover art

Special thanks: to MIRKY TANNIT for help crossing the first few hurdles; JACK MELLS for the eleventh-hour advice at the finish line; DR. KATHLEEN KUEHN for the motivation to see Flightless Fairy through; and FLORENCE WELCH for being the QUEEN OF PEACE.
license
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tags
Tags
folk, folk pop, gothic folk, indie folk, queer, singer-songwriter, Wellington