FANNY LUMSDEN REVEALS ANOTHER SLICE OF NEW ALBUM, HEY DAWN, FOLLOWING TRIUMPHANT GLASTONBURY DEBUT – ‘UGLY FLOWERS‘ OUT NOW
Playing Sold-Out London Headline Show Tomorrow, July 6th
‘Hey Dawn’ Releasing August 4th – Available To Pre-Order Here
LONDON, U.K. – (5 July, 2023) – As the sun sets on a massively successful live set at Glastonbury and sold-out dates across Ireland and in London, Fanny Lumsden has shared another snapshot of her fourth studio album Hey Dawn (Cooking Vinyl Australia), via new song Ugly Flowers (out today).
Fanny explains, “Ugly Flowers is a call to the stories we were told and those we told ourselves and how they change and warp over time. We were built on these memories, regardless of how unglamourous they seemed in the moment. You get to a point where you almost do anything just to drop back to those moments of the endless long days soaked in future and in freedom. Freedom to have a strong opinion about a flower based on its association with your at-the-time assumed boring, rural (dare I say actual Small Town) life. Then you get a little older and realise those are the very same ugly flowers that now when you smell, alongside wet hot cement in the summer, set you free. If just for a nostalgic moment. Families grow, change, people die, people are born, but the ugly flowers live on, thriving against a wall in the baking western NSW sun, passing down our secrets to the next generation.
“In real time its directly about my family and how as we get older our families or the families we build for ourselves are really all that matter.”
Lumsden has just played a triumphant UK debut alongside her band, the Prawn Stars, at Glastonbury Festival, headlined three shows in Ireland, and is set to play a sold-out show in London tomorrow night.
On playing Glastonbury’s Field of Avalon Stage, Lumsden said of the festival and performance: “I cannot believe that our first ever gig in the UK was to a full Avalon Stage at Glastonbury. The Audience was so amazing and sang along and did all the designated dance moves and brought a lot of joy – it was an incredible experience. It was exciting to share our songs and stories all the way from Australia, with a beautiful audience!”
Returning to Australian shores, the release of Hey Dawn will be accompanied by a national tour with Fanny and her band The Prawn Stars, kicking off on July 28 in Bendigo and working along the East Coast.
Ahead of album release, Fanny has devised the most amazing opportunity for fans – the Golden Fanny Ticket! Hidden inside one Hey Dawn CD and one Hey Dawn vinyl is the ticket that will give the lucky winners a lifetime pass to any and all Fanny Lumsden headline shows – imagine never having to pay for a Fanny Lumsden gig again! To be in the running, fans just order Hey Dawn on vinyl or CD from Fanny’s website, to be the lucky recipient! See here for more.
(Credit: Dan Freeman / Download hi-res here)
HEY DAWN TRACKLISTING:
1. Hey Dawn
2. Great Divide
3. You’ll Be Fine
4. Ugly Flowers
5. When I Die
6. Lucky
7. Soar
8. Millionaire
9. Enjoy The Ride
10. Stories
ABOUT FANNY LUMSDEN:
ARIA Award, 8x Golden Guitar, and AIR Award winning Australian artist Fanny Lumsden released her third studio album, Fallow, on Cooking Vinyl Australia/Red Dirt Road Records, in 2020. It debuted at #10 on the all-genre ARIA charts, going to #1 on the Country ARIA charts for two consecutive weeks, was named Best Country Album at the 2020 ARIA Awards, and swept the field taking home five Golden Guitar Awards including Album of the year, Female artist of the year, Single of the year (‘Fierce’), Video clip of the year and Alt Country Album of the year. Fallow was shortlisted for the prestigious Australian Music Prize top 9 albums of 2020 with her Variations album also making the longlist. Fallow also won the AIR (Australian Independent Record Awards) Country Album of the Year, along with an Album of the Year nomination, and finished it off with an APRA award nomination for one of the top 5 most played country songs for 2021 for Dig.Fanny has made multiple TV appearances and was one of 12 Aussies in Global Music Match. She is a Support Act Advocate, a Volunteer firefighter, she wrote and produced a documentary telling the story of Fallow through the summer of bushfires – and managed to pull off a sold-out theatre tour across Australia in the wake of the first wave of the pandemic. Fanny was also named 2021 Albury Local Woman of the Year for the Hume Shire for her work with regional communities, was the Country Ambassador for BIGSOUND Country in 2022 and is a leader within the CMAA (Country Music Association of Australia) community.