View basket “Fe” has been added to your basket. Cuntry Covers Vol. 1 Bria SKU: SP1456 Barcode: 98787145601 18.00 £18.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Sub Pop Released Date: 10th December 2021 Buying Format: 1LP EP/Mini Album Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Bria is an intimate and incisive labour of love from multi-instrumentalists Bria Salmena and Duncan Hay Jennings. Catapulted by a deep sense of dread and confusion in the depths of 2020, Salmena decided to forgo writing her own music. “I wanted to listen for what might reflect my life back to me,” she says, “six tracks that could be my mirror.” The result is a pointillistic knockout of an EP that weaves a landscape both luscious and a little rogue; showing us exactly what good songs can do. Bria’s internal turbulence seemed to mirror last year’s external instability. When Jennings and back-up singer Jaime McCuaig moved to The Outside Inn, a hobby farm in Hockley Hills, Ontario, Bria soon joined. The farm’s living-room-turned-studio proved an ideal setting for the long-time friends to compile a record of handpicked country covers. They went searching for songs that could speak to our everyday loneliness; outside and in. Cuntry Covers Vol. 1 houses it all: well-worn favourites and lesser-known gems. The record opens with “Green Rocky Road,” as performed by Greenwich Village legend Karen Dalton. Jennings’ twangy guitar carries Bria’s original inflection and richly textured vocals, complete with dreamy overlay. “Dreaming My Dreams With You,” a rendition of the Waylon Jennings hit, is followed by John Cale’s “Buffalo Ballet,” a lyrical journey through Abilene, Texas, the endpoint of the Chisholm Trail. Engineered and mixed by Jennings, each song brings desire and sexuality front and centre, with all the swagger you’d expect – and more. Bria hopes the record will be understood as a small contribution to the subversion of a genre with deep patriarchal roots. Mistress Mary’s “I Don’t Wanna Love Ya Now,” from the 1969 album Housewife, served as the original inspiration. “It was the first song Duncan and I worked on,” Bria notes. “It definitely set the tone for the other tracks we picked.” Bria’s voice – described as wavering between “sultry and howitzer” – shines on “Fruits Of My Labour,” written and performed by country great, Lucinda Williams. The Walker Brothers’ “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore” is a harmonic (and hypnotic) standout. A musical explorer who moves fluidly between styles, Bria doesn’t consider herself a country artist: “I feel as though I’m a visitor here, paying respect to a style that has informed a part of my musical identity. Country music, as much as any other art form, should be an arena for representation, expression and provocation. I have a ton of reverence for artists who came before me and challenged the primarily white-heterosexual status quo.” Salmena and Jennings have toured for years as members of Toronto four-piece FRIGS, whose 2018 debut Basic Behaviour was long-listed for the Polaris Music Prize. Making a mark in diverse genres from country to punk, both play as permanent members of Orville Peck’s band. Cuntry Covers was recorded on the territories of the Anishnaabe, the Haudenosaunee, the Wendat and the Mississaugas of the Credit. The release also features contributions from FRIGS drummer Kris Bowering and vocals by Ali Jennings. Bria’s first release is a gorgeous debut, a homage to the songs that brought solace and relief in the stillness of last year. – Zoe Imani Sharpe Artist Bria Genre Americana / Country Label Sub Pop Buying Options 1LP EP/Mini Album Format 1LP , EP/Mini Album Condition New Country UK Track Listings Green Rocky Road Dreaming My Dreams With You Buffalo Ballet Fruits Of My Labour The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore I Don't Wanna Love Ya Now Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Bria and more from Americana / Country View Product Quick View Bria Cuntry Covers Vol. 2 Americana / Country | Sub Pop | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 24th February 2023 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bria Cuntry Covers Vol. 2 £20.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Sub Pop SKU: SP1523X Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 24th February 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Willie Nelson …And Then I Wrote Americana / Country | Jackpot Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 8th September 2017 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Willie Nelson …And Then I Wrote £26.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Jackpot Records SKU: JPR046LP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 8th September 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mary Chapin Carpenter The Things That We Are Made Of Americana / Country | Lambent Light Records | 1LP Released 18th May 2016 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mary Chapin Carpenter The Things That We Are Made Of £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Lambent Light Records SKU: LLR0011 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th May 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Fiction Family Reunion Americana / Country | Rock Ridge Music | 1LP Released 24th August 2023 £10.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Fiction Family Reunion £10.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Rock Ridge Music SKU: nn269890 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th August 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Merle Haggard Live From Austin, TX ‘78’ Americana / Country | New West | 180g, 1LP Released 15th November 2019 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Merle Haggard Live From Austin, TX ‘78’ £17.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: New West SKU: NW5345LP Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 15th November 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Desert Rose Band True Love Americana / Country | Curb Records | 1LP Released 9th June 2023 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Desert Rose Band True Love £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Curb Records SKU: CURBLP77572 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Will Hoge Tiny Little Movies Americana / Country | Edlo Records | 1LP Released 26th June 2020 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Will Hoge Tiny Little Movies £15.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Edlo Records SKU: ED003LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 26th June 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lucinda Williams Runnin’ Down a Dream: A Tribute to Tom Petty Americana / Country | Highway 20 Records | 2LP Released 16th April 2021 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lucinda Williams Runnin’ Down a Dream: A Tribute to Tom Petty £23.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Highway 20 Records SKU: H20071 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 16th April 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Samantha Crain Under Branch & Thorn & Tree Americana / Country | Full Time Hobby | 1LP Released 17th July 2015 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Samantha Crain Under Branch & Thorn & Tree £21.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Full Time Hobby SKU: FTH236LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 17th July 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View William Tyler & The Impossible Truth Secret Stratosphere Americana / Country | Merge Records | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 31st March 2023 £37.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders William Tyler & The Impossible Truth Secret Stratosphere £37.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Merge Records SKU: MRG796LPC1 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 31st March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dead South Good Company Americana / Country | Devil Duck | 1LP Released 18th August 2017 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dead South Good Company £21.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Devil Duck SKU: DDUCK058LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Americana / Country Start again
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