New Music Review - ‘The World to Breathe’ by Fathom
Featuring news articles and handwritten notes, the above is the cover for both The World to Breathe single and the album with the same name, coming out this Friday!
Musical legend and instrument constructor extraordinaire, Nancy Howie, AKA Fathom is back with another uniquely crafted release, The World to Breathe.
Creator of fine instruments in her spare time and a piano tuner by trade, Fathom pours her soul into making sure her music is top notch and this certainly comes across with her latest track, The World to Breathe. Her folk-alternative sound swings from ceiling to ceiling, accelerating the passion for her projects, sending out incredibly different, yet wonderful sounds into the universe.
The World to Breathe has been inspired by how Fathom felt about the pandemic - her thoughts and feelings that have come about throughout the past two years and she tells us her view on what the world was like prior to the lockdowns and how difficult it has been to have everyone shrink their lives to fit inside their own homes to protect themselves and their loved ones. The past couple of years have been very trying times with things evolving at massively different rates each and every day, which requires us to just try and breathe through it, an important message that Fathom is conveying with this new 7-minute tune.
The soundscape for The World to Breathe will quite literally take your breath away with one sweep of listening - the way Fathom challenges her words and plays her unique instruments is like nothing that has been turned into music before and it makes me that much more curious to hear what else Fathom is hiding up her sleeve in terms of talent.
My favourite line from The World to Breathe is “it’s okay not to be okay” and while that term is heard quite often, it doesn’t always get taken on board, which it should and I am grateful that Fathom has decided to use this line to remind us all that it is perfectly fine to not feel 100% all the time.
Check out the video and song below to get a further insight into Fathom and what is important to her. I think the video is very well done and has an array of different topics to it.
Get ready for Fathom’s album being released this Friday with the same name - it’s going to be one to sink your teeth into. Fathom is one talented lady, so don’t pass up the opportunity to get to know her before she takes off in the folk-alternate music world! Hands down pure brilliance.
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