Tuff Feathers by Kelli Frances Corrado
October 31, 2021: Kelli Frances Corrado (she/her) is a singer, songwriter andmulti-instrumentalist, a quilt of memories and mysticism. Growing up in Chicago, she would sneak out during school nights to see hip hop shows and spend Sundays learning prayer rituals taught by a Bohemian Czech grandmother. This set a unique musical foundation leading her to pursue opera training, string arranger, beat making and classical poetry. Giving voice to her spiritual beliefs, she has lived many lives before putting her heart in song: social worker, student, tap dancer, teacher, wanderer. Living in the Black Forest, London and by the sea, using weird and wonderful places to record: a seaplane port, boat house, warehouse with six second reverb, and an old school from the 1900s, these patches of experience bring together a musical broth of magical realism and urban life ripe of lucid dreams and superstition.
Tuff Feathers exists between heaven and earth. The flight path where intuition and courage lie. The bridge that connects kaos and understanding. Kelli Frances Corrado has created her most vulnerable music to date. Guiding us to lean into fear and find strength within it. The music is minimal, empowering vocals with complex synth layers, pulsing beats and autoharp. Kelli Frances chants about... more
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released October 31, 2021
Recorded at the Killroom in Seattle, WA by Jeffery McNulty with additional on cello from Lori Goldston, violin by Caitlin Olive and percussion by Nick Lamantia aka Flopilot
All songs written by Kelli Frances Corrado.
kellifrancescorrado1.bandcamp.com
Produced by Kelli Frances Corrado and Jeffery Mcnulty.
Engineer by Jeffery Mcnulty at Killroom Studio Seattle, WA.
Mastered by Shawn Hatfield.
THANK YOU:
M.Sauder, Jeffery Mcnulty, Angela and the Angels, the Corrado Family, Melissa Gonzales, Adam Passmore, Sarah Hurst, Grim and the Collective, and anyone who answered late night calls, gave a hug, came to shows and sent supportive messages.
Jeffery Mcnulty- www.facebook.com/Dr.J.M.McNulty
Shawn Hatfield - www.audibleoddities.com
Lori Goldston- lorigoldston.bandcamp.com
Nick Lamantia- flopilot.bandcamp.com
Caitlin Olive- www.caitlinolive.com
Hugest of thanks to Bandcamp and Jes for adding this to Essential Releases of November 2021: daily.bandcamp.com/seven-essential-releases/essential-releases-november-5th-2021
Huge thanks to Astral Noize for premiering Tuff Feathers for us: astralnoizeuk.com/2021/10/31/album-premiere-kelli-frances-corrado-tuff-feathers/
Huge thanks to Hear She Roars for premiering the single and video for Shadow Moon Astrological Doom: www.hearsheroars.com/post/exclusive-kelly-francis-corrado-new-single-shadow-moon-astronomical-doom-watch-now
Huge thanks to female:pressure for including this album in their recommendations on Buy Music Club for October 2021: buymusic.club/list/femalepressure-releases-oktober-2021
Huge thanks to Radio Student for this review: radiostudent.si/glasba/tolpa-bumov/rra-rqs-lqmr-moon-dancing-kelli-frances-corrado-tuff-feathers
Huge thanks to She Makes Music for including this album in their Saturday Submissions on December 18, 2021: www.shemakesmusic.co.uk
Huge thanks to White Light//White Heat for premiering the video The Sea In Me for us: www.whitelight-whiteheat.com/new-music/wl-wh-video-premiere-kelli-frances-corrado-transforms-pain-with-the-sea-in-me/
Huge thanks to the Wire and Emily Pothast for reviewing this album in the February 2022 issue of The Wire's magazine: www.thewire.co.uk/issues/456
Really rad of Wire magazine to feature Kelli's track The Sea In Me on their Virtual Office Ambiance 456 playlist: www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/virtual-office-ambience-456?
So rad of the In Memory of John Peel Show to play The Sea In Me on their show: inmemoryofjohnpeel.com/2022/01/29/in-memory-of-john-peel-show-220128-podcast-playlist/