When you listen to Tiny Deaths’ new EP, feel free to think about the Casablanca Lily. Or maybe the Evening Primrose, the Dutchman’s Pipe Cactus, or any other flower that blooms in darkness. Those types of flora motivated local singer-songwriter Claire de Lune while she and producer Grant Cutler carved out their new release,
“I’m inspired by heartache — I think going through tumult and adversity, like a breakup or the death of a friend, can break you,” de Lune says of the four-song EP due out February 19th. “So I think the idea of blooming or blossoming in adversity, in a dark time and letting it open you up and let you grow [was] a metaphor that resonated with me.”
Claire De Lune took the horticulture theme a step further when writing “The Gardener.” The single’s lush bassline underscores de Lune’s perspective, singing from the point of view of a “bad boy” cultivating a relationship despite having “no green thumbs.”
“It’s helpful for me to try to, even beyond songwriting, to try and imagine things from someone else’s perspective,” de Lune says. “I found myself drawn to these people — toxic, narcissistic personality disorder-type of people — in relationships. Writing a song from someone else’s perspective is helpful for me, as far as understanding how their mind works.”
Most of Tiny Deaths’ growth is found in de Lune’s lyricism on Night Flowers, while Cutler’s signature, sparse electronics add the same minimalistic pop sheen to her melancholy softness.
Unlike 2014’s pop-perfect “Ocean” single, the new tunes take more inspiration from de Lune’s experiences improvising music with her Tiny Deaths live bandmates
the track is taken from their new “Night Flowers” EP
Tiny Deaths is Claire de Lune and Grant Cutler
executive produced, recorded, and engineered by lance conrad at humans win studios in minneapolis,mn
mixed by grant cutler in new york, ny
mastered by huntley miller at hm mastering studios in minneapolis, mn
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