Naima Bock - Giant Palm - Loser Edition (LTD Orange VINYL LP Sub Pop SP1486) | NEW

Label: Sub Pop – SP 1486, Memorials Of Distinction – SP 1486
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Orange, Loser Edition 
Country:
Released: Jul 1, 2022
Genre: Pop, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Indie Pop

A1        Giant Palm
A2        Tou
A3        Every Morning
A4        Dim Dum
A5        Working
B1        Natural
B2        Campervan
B3        Enter The House
B4        Instrumental
B5        O Morro

Written-By – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius De Moraes
Copyright © – Sub Pop Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sub Pop Records
Recorded At – Mr Punch
Recorded At – Little Legs Studios
Recorded At – Tooth Von Moose Studio
Recorded At – Victor Bock Studios
Mastered At – West Coast Mastering
Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 39135
Lacquer Cut At – Chicago Mastering Service
Alto Saxophone – Alex McKenzie (3) (tracks: B1, B2, B4)
Arranged By, Producer – Joel Burton (7) (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5)
Artwork – Peter Carrick
Backing Vocals – Cassidy Jake Hansen, Ellie Rose-Davies* (tracks: B3), Joel Burton (7) (tracks: A1, A5, B2, B5), Liam Ramsden (tracks: A2, B2), Oscar Browne (2) (tracks: A2, B2), Victoria Hamblett (tracks: B3), Zarah Rose-Hinton (tracks: B3)
Bass – Mike O'Malley (3) (tracks: A2, B2 to B4)
Choir – Cassidy Jake Hansen (tracks: A3, A4), Ellie Rose-Davies* (tracks: A3, A4), Emile Hinton (tracks: A3, A4), Holly Whittaker (tracks: A3, A4), Jack Burke (6) (tracks: A3, A4), Josh Loftin* (tracks: A3, A4), Lottie Pendlebury (tracks: A3, A4), Mimi O'Carroll (tracks: A3, A4), Sacha Lacey (2) (tracks: A3, A4), Theo Abramson (tracks: A3, A4), Victoria Rose-Hamblett* (tracks: A3, A4), Yasmine Harrosh (tracks: A3, A4), Zarah-Rose Hinton* (tracks: A3, A4)
Clarinet – Finn Carter (2) (tracks: A2, B1, B2, B4)
Composed By, Lyrics By – Naima Iliana Redina-Bock* (tracks: A1 to B3)
Cuica – Victor Bock (tracks: A2)
Design – Bridget Beorse
Drums, Percussion – Cassidy Jake Hansen (tracks: A2, A3, B1 to B5)
Electronics, Keyboards, Synthesizer – Joel Burton (7) (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B2, B4, B5)
Engineer [Mixing Engineer] – Syd Kemp
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Joel Burton (7) (tracks: A1, A5, B5), Syd Kemp (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B5), Victor Bock (tracks: A5)
Engineer [Vocal Recording Engineer] – Liam Ramsden (tracks: A2 to A4, B1, B2)
Flute – Alex McKenzie (3) (tracks: A2)
Guitar – Ellie Rose-Davies* (tracks: B3), Joel Burton (7) (tracks: A2, B1, B5), Naima Iliana Redina-Bock* (tracks: A1 to B4)
Lacquer Cut By – MB*
Mastered By – Jason Mitchell
Mixed By, Engineer – Syd Kemp
Percussion – Joel Burton (7) (tracks: A2, A4 to B1, B4), Naima Iliana Redina-Bock* (tracks: A1, A4, A5, B2, B5)
Photography By – Cassidy Hansen*, Joel Burton (7)
Piano – Joel Burton (7) (tracks: B1, B2, B4)
Recorded By [Vocal Recording] – Victor Bock (tracks: A1, A5)
Songwriter – Naima Iliana Redina-Bock* (tracks: A1 to B4)
Soprano Saxophone – Nathan Piggott* (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B2, B4)
Tenor Saxophone – Meitar Wegman (tracks: A2, B1, B2, B4), Nathan Piggott* (tracks: A5)
Trumpet – Freddie Wordsworth* (tracks: A5)
Violin – Magdalena Mclean (tracks: A2, A4, B2, B4), Oliver Hamilton (tracks: A2, A4, B2, B4)
Vocals [Main Vocals] – Naima Iliana Redina-Bock* (tracks: A1 to B3)
Whistling – Joel Burton (7) (tracks: A3)
Loser Edition "first pressing on colored vinyl."
Gatefold sleeve.
Some copies have an additional barcode sticker.

Recorded at:
Mr Punch Studios, Streatham, London.
Little Legs Studio, Peckham, London.
Tooth Von Moose Studio, Lewisham, London.
Victor Bock Studios, Brockley, London.

Mastered [...] at West Coast Mastering Studio
Barcode (Printed on sticker): 4 059251 509639
Barcode (Scanned sticker): 4059251509639

The roots of Naima Bock's music are far reaching. Born in Glastonbury to a Brazilian father and a Greek mother, Naima spent her early childhood in Brazil before eventually returning to England and various homes in South-East London. This heritage combines with more recent pursuits in Naima's music. From the Brazilian standards that the family listened to while driving to the beach, to the European folk traditions she tapped into on her own, and the pursuits that interest her today - studies in archaeology, work as a gardener, and walking the world's great trails - Naima's music draws from family, the earth and music handed down through generations.

Naima's debut album Giant Palm is undoubtedly infused with the Brazilian music of her youth and regular family visits. She found inspiration in "the percussion, the melodies, chords - and particularly the poetic juxtaposition of tragedy and beauty held within the lyrics." By the age of 15 Naima was embedded in the music scene of South-East London, eventually forming Goat Girl with school friends and touring the world. After six years playing bass in Goat Girl, Naima left the band to try something new. She set up a gardening company and started a degree at University College London in archeology because, as she jokes, "I liked being near the ground." During this time she wrote music, played guitar, learned violin, worked with ever-shifting South-London collective Broadside Hacks, and met producer and arranger Joel Burton through Memorials of Distinction label head Josh Cohen. Joel's burgeoning interest in Western classical music, global folk music, experience in large scale arrangement and orchestration informed the collaborative process that eventually culminated in Giant Palm. Recorded with the help of over 30 musicians (including Josh Cohen on synth/electronics) by Dan Carey of Speedy Wunderground at his studio space in Streatham, South-East London, and engineered by Syd Kemp, the songs on Giant Palm represent a snapshot of a specific feeling, of brief moments in Naima's life that make up a larger whole. The expansive yet delicate arrangements highlight Naima's love for the collectivist values of traditional folk music, in which songs belong to everyone, and singing can take on countless forms without the need to exactly replicate something. "All the other representations that I'd had of singing felt so unattainable" she recalls. Giant Palm finds Naima bucking these expectations to let her unique voice and sense of communal creativity flourish.

• Condition: NEW
• Format: Vinyl
• Internal ID: 098787148602
• Format Detail: LP
• Genre: ALT/INDIE