On the back of performing eight housewarming shows at the Arts Centre in front of audiences of thousands, and singing the National Anthem at the opening of the Special Olympics, Castlemaine’s own multi-award-winning songwriter, musician, advocate and writer Eliza Hull (OAM) said all her dreams are coming true.
Last week Hull released her latest song Balcony, from her forthcoming album You’d Think We’d Be Used To Change By Now.
Written and partially recorded in London with Sneaker Pimps’ Liam Howe (fka twigs, MARINA), Balcony flits between bittersweet nostalgia and sky-high euphoria, sonically drawing from atmospheric 90s trip-hop; “a song about trying to hold onto something beautiful long after it has passed”.
To celebrate the launch of her new album on December 4, Hull will host an intimate conversation and perform the full album live at the Diggers Store, where she recorded most of the album.
“It’s the record that I am most proud of, and recording it in Campbell’s Creek makes it more meaningful,” she said.
“The album is about the changes that happen in the world every day, and for me, as a woman, as a mum, as a person with a disability and a person who has my own critical inner voice, it still doesn’t get any easier. The songs explore letting go of control and surrendering, which helps us to evolve as people and in relationships.”
You’d Think We’d Be Used to Change By Now is Hull’s first full album release since 2015 and has been two years in the making and her most fearless and personal music of her career – co-producing for the first time – all the while fighting against what she describes as her “inner saboteur”.
Across 11 tracks, You’d Think We’d Be Used To Change By Now is stunningly raw, contemplative, brooding, and expertly layered with organic and electronic textural elements; a record at its core about change via a culmination of honest conversations Hull has had with herself, sharing stories that have manifested from periods of self-doubt and identity shifts – ultimately arriving at a place of replenished empowerment and trust in her own place as “a woman, mother, partner and artist”.
“Being an independent, disabled artist, even having had and continuing to have huge success, making an album is still really hard and costly, and I really need the support of my local community,” she said.
You’d Think We’d Be Used To Change By Now heralds a bold and emotionally expansive new era from one of the continent’s most compelling artists, and is out independently on Friday 4 December. Pre-order today at: elizahull.com
For tickets to the launch, visit: events.humanitix.com/eliza-hull-album-launch-you-d-think-we-d-be-used-to-change-by-now-castlemaine