Premiere: Andrea von Kampen Shares New Single “A Fox, A Bird”
New LP Sister Moon Out March fifteenth
Jan 17, 2024
Photography by Analise Schrader
Later this 12 months, folks singer/songwriter Andrea von Kampen is about to return together with her forthcoming third LP, Sister Moon, out on March fifteenth. Fans final heard from von Kampen in 2021 together with her sophomore album, That Spell, in addition to her 2022 soundtrack for the impartial movie A Chance Encounter, which additionally noticed von Kampen making her appearing debut.
Sister Moon finds von Kampen in a meditative and naturalistic temper, impressed by the environmentalist themes in The Overstory by Richard Powers and the writings of Saint Francis of Assisi. Both works replicate on humanity’s relationship to the earth, in addition to the religious connection between all dwelling issues inhabiting it. Fittingly, Sister Moon feels equally earthen and religious, grounded in von Kampen’s intricate guitar work and elevated together with her swooning melodies.
Von Kampen has already shared a sequence of recent singles from the document final 12 months, and right this moment she’s again with one other new observe, “A Fox, A Bird,” premiering with Under the Radar.
“A Fox, A Bird” is a beautiful acoustic folks music, encircled in von Kampen’s solitary guitar tones and enchanting vocals. Even greater than the document’s earlier singles, the observe takes on a vivid, spring-like heat, soaked in pastoral daylight and candy melodies. Meanwhile, von Kampen’s lyrics take a equally sanguine and empathetic view of the world, encapsulating the themes of the observe in its closing moments: “I think the world began in love / And we are not a problem to solve.”
Von Kampen says of the observe, “‘A Fox, A Bird’ is a song I wrote that pushes back against the harm Western Christianity has inflicted on many people. While writing this album, I was highly influenced by the alternative orthodoxy of Saint Francis of Assisi and my understanding of the religion I grew up with shifted. In this song, I mention my friend Bonnie who died unexpectedly a few years ago. Bonnie was an open-minded, kind-hearted person who owned a bed and breakfast in a small town in Nebraska when I met her. As I look back on my time with her, I realize that she understood how to live well and generously in a way many people don’t. This song is about humans, animals, the earth, and the divine nature we all have within ourselves. And as Bonnie said in the end, ‘It’s all love.’”
Check out the music and accompanying stay video beneath. Sister Moon is out on March fifteenth.
