Seeing as how there’s little separation between the bold art and music of Félicia Atkinson, it makes perfect sense that the lead-in single for her new LP is loosely related to her latest art exhibition back home in Brittany. This is a piece from it:
As for Atkinson’s Hand In Hand album, it’s due out May 4th through her Shelter Press imprint with publisher Bartolomé Sanson. Here’s what she had to say about the record and our world premiere of the “Adaptation Assez Facile” video….
The song featured in this video is titled “Adaptation Assez Facile,” or “Adaptation Fairly Easy” in English. It’s the third track that I recorded for this album. The lyrics are cut-ups between a house plant manual and a novel that I’m currently writing. Strangely enough, it was an attempt to translate house music in the context of a domestic space.
The video was shot in White Sands, New Mexico, and is a key part of a seven-hour movie that I’m showing right now in an exhibition in France. The dance was improvised and I was so blinded by the sun that I didn’t see the giant letters written in the sand. During the shooting, a butterfly came and tried to deliver an unspeakable message.
Hand In Hand
(Shelter Press, May 4th)
1. I’m Following You
2. Valis
3. Curious In Epidavros
4. Adaptation Assez Facile
5. Monstera Deliciosa
6. Visnaga
7. A Houe A Dance A Poem
8. Hier Le Désert
9. Vermillions
10. No Fear But Anticipation
