After a decade between records, Miriam Clancy’s third album, Astronomy, marks her return to the musical landscape. For longtime fans Astronomy is a reintroduction and a reinvention. Its ten songs represent a cathartic fork in the road borne out of existential crisis and the new territory is evident. Crafted over a couple of years in New York City with producer Chris Coady (Beach House, Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Astronomy is laden with swooning electric guitars, Wurlitzers, early 90’s drum machines and analogue synths.
Inspired by time spent on Great Barrier Island when living in New Zealand amidst writing the record, the record’s title and overarching ambience reference the island’s unparalleled view of the stars as a Dark Sky Sanctuary. “It would wrap around you and lift you into the cosmos,” Clancy adds. “It’s amazing how something so far from the earth can affect us and give a sense of perspective - it’s the great equalizer.”
Astronomy has already been released in the US to critical acclaim and now it's time to bring it back home with a run of the first NZ shows in over eight years.
MIRIAM CLANCY ☆ ASTRONOMY ☆ ALBUM RELEASE TOUR
Sun 01 Dec - AUCKLAND - Wine Cellar
Wed 04 Dec - PALMERSTON NORTH - Globe Theatre
Thu 05 Dec - WELLINGTON - Caroline
Fri 06 Dec - PICTON - Le Cafe
Sat 07 Dec - CHRISTCHURCH - Space Academy
Sun 08 Dec - HOKITIKA - Old Lodge Theatre
Tue 10 Dec - ONEKAKA - Mussel Inn
Thu 12 Dec - HAMILTON - Nivara Lounge
Thu 19 DEC - GREAT BARRIER ISLAND - The Currach
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