Listen To Womb s New EP Holding A Flame Annabel Kean / Image credit: Haz Forrester / Wednesday 23rd June, 2021 10:57AM
Knowing full well that Te Whanganui-a-Tara trio
Womb have the power to knock the wind right out of me, I still wasn t prepared for the emotional avalanche that is today s new EP
Holding A Flame. It begins with Intro , 37 seconds of strings and nothing short of epic, then rolls into three stunning new songs written as a form of transmutation; turning discordant feelings into a unified sound as a means of getting through/past various states of being . These are the first tracks they ve released since signing to legendary label
Premiere: Womb Share New Single Dust To Dust Annabel Kean / Photo credit: Ted Black / Wednesday 16th December, 2020 8:54AM
Womb have a way of writing songs that make you feel confided in, but still you ve only just scratched the surface of a story that goes all the way down. The Pōneke trio s latest song Dust To Dust was recorded during lockdown in April, with all three siblings sending tracks back and forth between their separate bubbles, an exercise that helped them stay connected to each other in an inarguably lonely period. Even the song title suggests something bigger than what you re let in on, maybe they re vowing to stick together from ashes to ashes, from Dust To Dust .