A collection of songs written between 2015 - 2020. From pop tracks revelling in the joy of retro synths and punchy drum machines, to tender guitar-and-piano-based meditations on hope and recovery, There’s a Field is an expansive love letter to the mythical and real places we can heal. Produced by Eva and mixed by long-time collaborator Nick Huggins (Seagull; Dirty Three), the album was recorded primarily at Eva’s home, shaped by the limitations of a long Melbourne lockdown. “Each song was a joyous, wide open space to occupy, whilst the outside world felt so closed and restricted under lockdown”, Eva recalls.
Vocals were sung at night in a walk-in wardrobe. Guitar and piano takes were recorded in the quiet, stolen moments of working motherhood. Friends were invited to hum along over the internet to build a virtual choir. “I got lonely working alone with a computer screen. The song ‘Friend’ is about feeling supported by invisible forces, so I reached out on social media to see if anyone wanted to hum along. The response was overwhelming, and interestingly the people who emailed over their humming weren't musicians or even people I knew that well. They just offered up their sounds, and I layered them into the track”. Other musical guests include Seth Rees (drums), Carl Panuzzo (vocals), Cathryn Kohn (strings and accordion), Magdalenna Krstevska (clarinet) and Flora Carbo (saxophone).
Despite the adventurous and genre-defying production, Eva maintains that There’s a Field is a folk album at heart. “How will I find healing? How will I find a sense of home? This album falls back on the long tradition of folk music that asks the questions, searches for answers, and tells the stories that rattle around in the secret spaces of the heart.”
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released April 21, 2021
All Songs Written by Eva Popov.
Mixed by Nick Huggins
Mastered by Lachlan McCarrick
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