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A Woman Scorned 00:57
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Disappointment 03:07
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Another Girl’s Man 04:06
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Sister Strut 02:16
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Kill ’em with Kindness 03:39
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Weight of the World 02:38
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Square Eyes 02:24
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Heartbreaker 01:35
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Money 03:14
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Doubts 03:42
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Mama’s Eyes 04:19
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The turmoil of the world seemed to reflect the inner turmoil of songwriter and front woman Shannen Wick who used the record as a way to process “heartbreak and the declining state of the world” and take a wholly “unfiltered approach” to songwriting – an approach evident from the first note of this dynamic and spectacularly honest album.
Listening to ‘Hard Truths’ Fulton Street fans can expect to find grooving bass and guitar riffs, warm melodic organ, bright horn arrangements, soaring strings and – of course – powerhouse vocal performances.
The tone of the record is immediately set with the opening track ‘A Woman Scorned’, an instrumental that encapsulates the scoring of iconic Blaxploitation films. From there ‘Hard Truths’ explores the often misunderstood lens of female rage, with its premier single ‘Disappointment’ where Wick growls, “If I wanted a disappointment, I would’ve stayed with my last man.”
‘Hard Truths’ isn’t one note, however, with songs like ‘Weight of the World’ and ‘Mama’s Eyes’ that embody Fulton Street’s signature storytelling, as the record explores themes of family, migration and finding home. The album manages to be both musically playful and achingly real.
Recording Engineers:
Alex Bennett at Sound Recordings, Campbells Creek VIC
Jamie Stroud at Natural Habitat Studio, Reservoir VIC
Carl Lindeberg at Itchy Groovy (Plug Seven Studio), Collingwood VIC
Horn Arrangements:
Nate Scott (A2-3, A5-6, B3)
Jamie Stroud (A1, B3, B5)
A. Foon, C. McIndoe, R. Simone, S. Boon (B1, 3, 4)
Horn Sections:
Dorian Broomhall – trumpet (A2-3, A5-6, B4-5)
Joshua Ford-King – trumpet (A2-3, A5-6, B4-5)
Mitch Ellis – tenor saxophone (A2-3, A5-6, B4-5)
Nick Nugent – baritone saxophone (A2-3, A5-6, B4-5)
Liam McGorry – trumpet (A1, B4-5)
Will Morrissey – tenor saxophone (A1, B4-5)
Anthony Foon – trumpet (B1, B3)
Connor McIndoe – trombone (B1, B3)
Robert Simone – tenor saxophone (B1, B3)
Sam Boone – baritone saxophone (B1, B3)
String Arrangements:
Andreas Mikulcic
String Quartet (A1-3, B4-5):
Ambra Nesa – violin
Chloe Sanger – violin
Douglas Coghill – viola
Martin Penicka – cello
Laura Kirkwood – percussion (A5, B1, B3)
Lauren Brydie – backing vocals (A5, B5)
Thando Sikwilia – backing vocals (A5, B5)
Produced and mixed by: Jamie Stroud
Mastered by: Lachlan Carrick at Moose Mastering, Richmond VIC
Colour Photography by: Dyllan Corbett
B&W Photography by: Will Morrissey
Sleeve Design by: Jim Grimwade
Pressed by: Program Records, Thornbury VIC
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