Mother Falcon Releases 3rd Studio LP Today

Mother Falcon return with their third full-length Good Luck Have Fun, out today, August 14th on BitCandy. With this release, the Austin based indie orchestra takes a leap into the unknown, blowing up their usual way of composing and recording together in a conscious effort to push themselves into new stylistic and sonic realms. Good Luck Have Fun explores a complicated stew of regret, betrayal, yearning and nostalgia for childhood, set among some of the most ambitious music of Mother Falcon's burgeoning career. In preparation for the release, Mother Falcon has announced a NYC show with more to come this fall!

Album opener "Kid" sets the bar high with instrumental layers progressively piling up hooks behind a shimmering vocal from Claire Puckett. "Quiet Mind" gradually builds from stark violin pizzicatos to jazzy horn blasts as Tamir Kalifa's choirboy voice soars above lush swells of strings with the emotionalism that has always characterized the Mother Falcon "sound." "Water," a reworking of the dreamy final track from their previous album, is cathartically transformed into something startlingly different with relentless Latin rhythms, dissonant strings, funk guitar and squalling horns, all pointing toward a more aggressive approach in the future.

"Kid" premiered with SPIN
and is available to post & share HERE

Good Luck Have Fun doubles down on both the accessible and adventurous sides of Mother Falcon. While the first half of the album soars with an emphasis on rhythm, concise arrangements and a wealth of hooks, the second half of the album is comprised of experimental instrumental soundscapes composed as the score to an upcoming documentary about competitive gaming. Inspired by Bowie's Low, 60s improv iconoclasts AAM, Koji Kondo's score for Majora's Mask and the psychedelic drone of f Buttons, the instrumental pieces ebb and flow in tension between unresolved crescendos and throbbing, jagged minimalism. Pressing forward toward fresh and innovative ground, Good Luck Have Fun shows Mother Falcon unafraid to take risks in search of something radiant and new.

WEBSITE // TWITTER // FACEBOOK // INSTAGRAM // TUMBLR

To post a comment, you must register and login.