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\nSydney solo artist\u00a0Lovely Head<\/strong>\u00a0returns for her first release on\u00a0Provenance<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the six-track experimental pop EP\u00a0Always<\/em>.\u00a0 Exploring themes of tension, distance and lust,\u00a0Always<\/em>\u00a0is a terse combination of desert guitar, misshapen beats and quiet longing.
\nThe solo project of writer, singer, and producer\u00a0Vivian Huynh<\/strong>\u00a0(formerly of Sydney three-piece\u00a0No Art<\/strong>), Lovely Head most recently collaborated with\u00a0Pendant<\/strong>\u00a0for the\u00a0Pink<\/em>\u00a0EP, which received support from\u00a0 tripleJ<\/strong>,\u00a0 FBi<\/strong>,\u00a02SER<\/strong>,\u00a0Pilerats<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Purple Sneakers<\/strong>.
\nAs a writer, Vivian\u2019s recent work \u2013 exploring the dichotomy between her teenage love of \u201cwhite male\u201d indie music and the cultural expectations of her Vietnamese parents \u2013 was commissioned by the\u00a0Tempered Journal<\/strong>\u00a0and republished by\u00a0The Guardian<\/strong>. Her work has also appeared in\u00a0Sydney Morning Herald<\/strong>,\u00a0The Thousands<\/strong>,\u00a0Concrete Playground<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0The Brag<\/strong>.
\nGrowing up in Minchinbury, near Mount Druitt in Sydney\u2019s outer west, family is a key focus for the EP, with half of the EP written while Vivian was coping with major loss in her life, and the rest completed as the fog cleared.\u00a0 Indeed, the title\u00a0Always<\/em>\u00a0refers to wishing for the idea of \u2018forever\u2019, but knowing there\u2019s no such thing.
\nFor\u00a0Always<\/em>, Lovely Head has continued with a minimal approach to her music, consciously looking for ways to remove elements from a song as it\u2019s being written, to let it breathe properly, without fuss. Early riffs for the EP started life on a creaky \u201980s Yamaha keyboard, one that Vivian\u2019s uncle left behind when he moved out of the family home. The music was also mainly written and recorded in dining rooms, because \u2013 as Vivian notes \u2013 \u201cit\u2019s warmer there and the light is nicer\u201d.
\nAlways<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is out now on digital and super-limited\u00a0<\/strong>lathe cut 1<\/strong>0\u201d vinyl,\u00a0<\/strong>shipped with full-colour sleeve print.<\/strong>
\n\u2018Cinematic sparseness carried by a solid undercurrent of apocalyptic minimalism\u2026\u2019<\/em> \u2013 whothehell.net
\n\u2018Superb dark electro-pop from Lovely Head\u2026Hissing sci-fi beats, sparse guitar and ethereal vocals conjure up a disorientating, blissful sonic brew.\u2019<\/em> \u2013 Bandcamp Hunter
\n\u2018The more stripped back framework creates an even more powerful encounter.\u2019<\/em> \u2013 Polaroids of Androids
\n\u2018It\u2019s very sparse stuff, with diaphanous vocals and repetitive guitar lines over tentative drum machine. That just those few thin elements can hold our attention so wholly is testament to Huynh\u2019s prowling delivery, which mingles shades of post-punk and shoegaze with a certain slow-burn pop mystique.\u2019<\/em> \u2013 Mess & Noise<\/p>\n
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\nLovely Head<\/strong>\u00a0is the solo project of writer, singer, and producer Vivian Huynh (formerly of Sydney three-piece No Art).
\nLovely Head uses conscious minimalism to explore themes of tension,\u00a0distance\u00a0and lust \u2013 a terse combination of desert guitar, misshapen beats, and quiet longing.<\/p>\n
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\n1. Where You Go
\n2. Show Up
\n3. Heartbreaks
\n4. Maybe This
\n5. Do You Want Me
\n6. Here With Me<\/p>\n
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\nWritten, produced and mixed by Vivian Huynh
\nMastered by Wade Gilmour
\nPhotography by Jaclyn Paterson
\nArtwork by Kinal Ladha<\/p>\n
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