Originally curated by Jack Body for the commemorative concert ‘Remembering David’, Ring Round the Moon is an album of chamber music celebrating the artistry and memory of New Zealand composer, David Farquhar.
Following the critical acclaim of Buddhist Rain and Making Baby Float, Norman Meehan and Hannah Griffin team up with saxophonist Hayden Chisholm for the third album of their New Zealand poetry series.
This is a concert album, a single performance that captures the natural essence of the material and the vital energy of a live musical event, but it is also a film.
One might be tempted to use terms like ‘post-pop’, ‘art-pop’, ‘avant-pop’, ‘alt-pop’, ‘ambient-pop’, ‘experimental’ or ‘alternative’, but Arcades have created their own moving and quietly unsettling sonic world.
Selected poem by Bill Manhire are here set in a beguiling musical framework by pianist Norman Meehen and vocalist Hannah Griffin.