''Designer'' is the third studio album by the New Zealand
indie folk
Indie folk is a music genre that arose in the 1990s among musicians from indie rock scenes influenced by folk music. Indie folk hybridizes the acoustic guitar melodies of traditional folk music with contemporary instrumentation.
The genre has it ...
singer-songwriter
Aldous Harding
Hannah Sian Topp (born 1990), known professionally as Aldous Harding, is a New Zealand folk singer-songwriter, based in Lyttelton, New Zealand.
Biography
Harding comes from a musical family in Lyttelton, New Zealand. Her mother is folk singer ...
, released on 26 April 2019 by
4AD
4AD is a British record label owned by Beggars Group. It was founded in London under the name "Axis" (after the Hendrix album) by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent in 1980 as an imprint of Beggars Banquet Records. The name was changed to 4AD af ...
. The song "The Barrel" won the 2019
APRA Silver Scroll award.
Accolades
Track listing
Personnel
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Aldous Harding
Hannah Sian Topp (born 1990), known professionally as Aldous Harding, is a New Zealand folk singer-songwriter, based in Lyttelton, New Zealand.
Biography
Harding comes from a musical family in Lyttelton, New Zealand. Her mother is folk singer ...
– vocals, acoustic and classical guitar
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John Parish
John Parish (born 11 April 1959) is an English musician, songwriter, composer and record producer.
Parish is best known for his work with singer-songwriter PJ Harvey. He has also worked with such artists as Eels, Aldous Harding, Tracy Ch ...
– acoustic and electric guitar, piano, organ, mellotron, drums, congas, percussion, mixing
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H. Hawkline – bass guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer, vocal percussion, design, layout
* Gwion Llewelyn – drums, vocals
* Stephen Black – tenor, baritone and alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
* Clare Mactaggart – violin
* Jared Samuel – celesta on "Damn"
Charts
References
External links
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Aldous Harding performs livewith six album songs and interview, ''
Morning Becomes Eclectic
''Morning Becomes Eclectic'' (MBE) is a three-hour adult album alternative radio program first aired in 1977 and broadcast live every weekday from KCRW in Santa Monica, California. The show's name is a play on the Eugene O'Neill trilogy of pl ...
'', 9 May 2019,
KCRW
KCRW (89.9 MHz FM) is a National Public Radio member station broadcasting from the campus of Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, where the station is licensed. KCRW airs original news and music programming in addition to programm ...
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2019 albums
Aldous Harding albums
4AD albums
Albums produced by John Parish
Albums recorded at Rockfield Studios