Name: Is Red Just a Figure of Speech + by Isle of Lauta
Duration: 2 min 4 s
Description: A collection songs from a salvaged logic project, some pro produced from stems others rerecorded.

A collection songs from a salvaged logic project, some pro produced from stems others rerecorded.

Is Red Just a Figure of Speech +

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Jess Cornelius, the New Zealand-born, Australian-raised, and now Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter, has an intense desire for personal authenticity, which is reflected in her songs as they explore womanhood, relationships, ageing and existence, all delivered through her startling voice. 

“No Difference” was written in Melbourne before moving to Los Angeles while trying to navigate everything going on in her life. The song is part self-help mantra, part blind fatalism. Its video, directed by Thomas Hyland, was filmed in a bathroom in Melbourne and features friends and acquaintances of Cornelius. 

“We wanted to introduce the water element because of its cleansing/rebirthing properties, but water is also destructive, and the image of someone wearing a white suit in a full bathtub implies someone slightly unhinged,” says Cornelius. “We wanted to expand on this idea of rebirth by showing all these women having miniature moments of self-reckoning, which is what I feel people often do in the bathroom. We use the bathroom—and the bathroom mirror—to collect ourselves, to recover, to psych ourselves up, to escape, to self destruct, to castigate ourselves, to tally up our worth, to make deals with ourselves, to re-evaluate, to preen and primp and steel ourselves.”

WATCH “NO DIFFERENCE” VIDEO -
https://youtu.be/XYDbx6L2Wuk

After releasing three critically acclaimed albums with her Melbourne-based band Teeth & Tongue, Cornelius sought out a more personal project. She began performing and recording under her own name, releasing the “Nothing Is Lost” EP (Dot Dash/Remote Control) in 2017. “No Difference” is the first new music Cornelius has released since then. 

Recorded and mixed by Tony Buchen at 64 Sound in Los Angeles in July 2018
Drums - Steven Urgo
Bass -Ryan Weinstein
Guitars and vocals - Jess
Additional guitars, keys, synths, melodica - Tony Buchen

Cover art by Jacob Gardner
Photography by Rachel 'Pony' Cassells

Is Red Just a Figure of Speech +

Isle of Lauta

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