Videos: Correatown, ‘True North’ and ‘Longshot’
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The new Correatown album, “Embrace the Fuzzy Unknown,” picks up where “Pleaides” left off in 2011. After a break during which she got married and brought a baby into the world, Angela Correa delivers a fresh batch of introspective dreamy pop songs with just a touch of acoustic stitches in their britches. Two tracks from the album, which will be released Nov. 27 on Highline Records, are circulating right now: “True North” and “Longshot.” Correa says both songs “examine the relationship you keep with yourself, your passion, your goals, your life. Finding the beauty where you are in your life but still seeking ways to evolve and grow.” The videos she created are as approachable as the songs themselves. No fussy tricks or fancy cameras. Each consists of phone footage Correa shot over time, but since there’s an emotional connection to what she is presenting — her friends, family, band, places she’s been — an intimacy is established, like she’s actually your friend. She says, “I like the process of making my own videos … I’m pretty consistently capturing things when I’m out and around to add to my little archive of images. I’m always surprised by how collaging together imagery and ideas can create a new connection to a song or lyrics.”
Hungry to dig deeper, we asked Correa to elaborate on the songs and making the videos, and how becoming a mom and wife has inspired her artistically. Here’s what she has to say:
On “True North”:
“True North” explores themes of steadfastness, celebration and listening for and believing in that quiet elusive voice inside that confirms joy and beauty. [It] was one of the first songs I wrote for the album, probably shortly after my first tour through the U.K./Europe supporting “Pleiades.” The song was definitely influenced by the experience of performing the more moody introspective songs on that album and wanting to explore optimism and joy a bit more in not only the songwriting but arrangement and instrumentation. I would say it set the tone for the rest of the album sonically in a lot of ways. For the video I was hoping to explore adventures big and small. The longevity and wonder of friendships, and how meaningful they are at any stage in one’s life. The sum of the moments both stunningly epic and mundanely everyday, and the magic it creates in your life. Footage was shot on the expansive shores of Lake Lanier, Georgia during sunset and the little known Mayan ruin, Ek Balam in the dense jungle of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula just after sunrise.
||| Watch: “True North”
On “Longshot”:
“Longshot” was written while I was thinking about getting pregnant and trying to imagine how that would be possible with this massive experiment I was playing out as an independent musician. Was I trading in the possibility of other dreams I really wanted? The physical reality of your body morphing out of your control and having to slow down, shift, refocus and seriously rearrange your life is undeniably different for a woman. I used footage from European travels as inspiration … playing with my own perceptions of how you envision your life might be vs. the reality of what your life really is, and that great divide between dreams and contentment. Sometimes taking risks and gambling on yourself with your own life choices is both terrifying and exhilarating. I also incorporated the process of constructing the “Longshot” single artwork. I sourced found objects from around my neighborhood and studio and filmed each stage of placement.
||| Watch: “Longshot”
On life and music:
“I think the changes in my life over the past few years have shifted my perspective in songwriting subtly but profoundly. I’m looking more at connections and threads that link people and stories together. I may be looking inward and writing about what’s on my mind, but it’s become so glaringly apparent that I’m not alone going through these huge milestones and experiences. I’m someone who spends a lot of time in my head distilling an idea or an experience. This past year has taught me in a very intense way to not get lost inside all those hours wondering. That’s what so much of the album is preoccupied with … what’s to come, how it will change you, wanting to know outcomes. Ultimately, the last song I wrote for the album after having Everly Ann resolved so many of those questions—just embrace that wild unknown because that’s where the beauty and magic live. It’s going to unfold as it will regardless of all your plans.”
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