Album Credits
Move. Vinyl Order
Lucky Star
Boat Sounds
Love to Be
Go
Ties that Bind You to the Dying Sun
The Morning
Crush
The Middle
Dive
The Orchard
Lucky Star - Piano Version (feat. Arahi)
Recorded in Aotearoa at Roundhead Studios by Alex Corbett, Parachute Music Studio A by Jeremy Loh,
and Parachute Music Producer Rooms, Mothers Room, Broome Recordings, and Taylors Road by Emily Wheatcroft-Snape.
Mixed and Mastered by Emily Wheatcroft-Snape.
All tracks written by Emily Wheatcroft-Snape with;
Amy Boroevich (track 1, 2, 3, 9, 11), Arahi Whaanga (track 1, 2, 5, 6, 11), David Feauai-Afaese Vaeafe (track 8, 10),
Luan Meaker (track 3, 4), Jason Johnson (track 7), Joshua Worthington-Church (track 9).
Performed by Emily Wheatcroft-Snape (vocals, guitars, synth), Amy Boroevich (strings), Arahi Whaanga (drums, bass, guitar), David Feauai-Afaese Vaeafe (bass, guitar), Luan Meaker (guitar), Locky Buchanan (guitar), Jason Johnson (guitar, bass), Jeremy Loh (synth), Joshua Worthington-Church (bass, piano, guitar)
Album Timeline
03 September 2024 - Love to Be demo
26 September - Boat Sounds demo
07 October - Go demo
20 November - Lucky Star demo
21 November - big development session
03 December - session at Parachute Studio A
06 December - The Middle + The Orchard demos
08 & 09 December - sessions at Parachute Studio A
27 January - The Morning demo
18 March - Crush demo
30 January - session at Roundhead Studios Brick Room
02 March - Ties that Bind You to the Dying Sun demo
26 March - Dive demo
08 April - drum session at Broome Recordings
04 March - Love to Be final mix
02 April - Boat Sounds final mix
06 July - The Middle & Dive final mix
22 February - The Orchard final mix
17 February - Go final mix
11 July - Lucky Star final mix & Move. album mastered
26 June - Ties that Bind You to the Dying Sun final mix
30 January - The Morning final mix
18 June - Crush final mix and mastered
23 August - Lucky Star (Piano Version) completed
14 August - Lucky Star (Piano Version) recorded
28 July - Move. album vinyl master completed
03 April - Love to Be mastered
16 May - Love to Be single release
15 March - Go mastered
04 July - Go single release
29 August - Lucky Star single release
03 October - Crush single release
24 October - Move. vinyl release + listening party
07 November - Move. album + The Orchard single release
05 June - string recording session at Mother's Room
09 April - piano recording session at home
22 January 2025 - big writing development session
Studios
Parachute Music - Studio A
Parachute Music - Producer Studios
Roundhead Studios
Mother's Room
Broome Recordings
About the Song Series (on Instagram)
Lucky Star
Written in November of 2024 and produced up the next day. I listened to this Royel Otis track a lot around this time. I thought the track was finished in February but I redid the acoustic guitars in March, and changed the "yes" in the chorus to "yeah" and added a bunch of BVs before sending off to my distributor in July. Good things take time!
Instagram pictures feature; me trying to play guitar on the track, the cover artwork, the credits, Nico the flat cat who hung out with me a lot while I tinkered away at home, our drum setup at Parachute, some of my fav lyrics, me and Arahi playing the piano version of Lucky Star at Roundhead.
Boat Sounds
I've developed a liking for cowboy movies the past couple of years. One day when the instrumental Arahi and I created had the right flair I decided to write lyrics about the closest I feel to being in a gun fight; the complex social dynamics I occasionally encounter as a working creative 😅 What does that have to do with the title? Absolutely nothing. The phrase boat sounds popped into my head when random boat samples came up while searching for a filler drum loop on Splice. The temp name of the track stuck (which sometimes just happens) and here we are today.
Instagram pictures feature; me recording my chorus lyric idea moments after writing it, the song credits, the Splice samples that inspired the name Boat Sounds, a breakdown of the opening lyrics, Jeremy at Parachute while Arahi recorded drums.
Go
I felt this track sneak up on me over a few weeks just after I wrote the first track of this era, Love to Be. The lyrics capture a flashes of memories over that time, along with the pent up energy of early spring. I released Go as a single in July, I did the release and PR for myself. I had been a bit overwhelmed by the incredible but intense reception to the release of Love to Be and wanted to take the reins in a way that felt tangible. I was very happy with the result, we had a lovely reception to the track and from that I felt ready to release the album.
Instagram pictures feature; the silly little visualiser I made, the credits, me listening to the first demo vocals I had just recorded, Amy playing violin at Parachute, some of my fav lyrics, me during the aforementioned holiday, when Go got a shout out from Rolling Stone Australia.
Ties that Bind You to the Dying Sun
This track was written over a few sessions. At the time I was going through a quiet work patch; pet sitting and making my music was all I had to do. In a way I don't think this song would have existed under different circumstances. Originally the track was all electric guitars, considerably faster, and decidedly too rock. During this album I had a genre triangle of indie-pop/a little bit dance/spaghetti western. This was great to reference and pulled me back on track.
At home I rearranged the song and slowed it down. When Arahi next appeared in my studio (I was free all the time so it didn't take long) we swapped out for acoustic guitar, and eventually we wrote the verses together. I didn't know what to do for the chorus, we had the melody from the track's old identity in our heads. Before I fell asleep one night I thought about my friend from highschool who is at peace with her beautiful family while I was single, house hunting, and seriously considering having to change careers 😅
The song name is long for me but just right for Arahi's music. Because I produce and engineer all of my music, I'm never worried that my songs won't sound like me. I like being able to hear my collaborator's creative voice in my music. Arahi faked offence when I simply called the song "Ties" so I decided to commit to the bit of the long name. People who know him can tell and I find that really funny
Instagram pictures feature; a press pic (aka selfie in a garden), what the city looked like on one of the writing sessions, what I looked like at the time, the credits , Arahi in studio, the album order once this track was added, the chorus lyrics, the lovely dog I house sat when the song was born, Arahi recording the drums for the track at Tom Broome's spot.
Crush
Crush was created so quickly I don't have any videos or pictures of it being created 😅 Jason and I went into my Eden Terrace studio and had a lovely afternoon creating the track. As soon as he left I had a lyric idea and recorded it. Those vocals are the majority of the vocals on the song, I just had to swap out a couple of lyrics and add BVs. Arahi played drums at Tom Broome's spot and added the electrics at the end. I love how delicate my vocals are on this track, they were very much the product of the time and place.
Instagram pictures feature; the sky, myself, and life while the song was being made. Made a stunning visualiser with Jack too. This song is one of my favs off the record so I'm glad we could make some cool visuals for it
The Middle
I wrote the lyrics for The Middle when reflecting on my mental health and realising that now more than ever it is important to find any excuse to unashamedly say I've had a good day. At times they can come few and far between, and it can be hard to allow myself to not feel guilty or unworthy. Especially with all the suffering and problems in the world.
Instagram pictures feature; writing the song with David at home (with Slava's help), Arahi coming up with the verse 2 guitar lead, Amy adding some viola, the final mix session.
Dive
The rich combination of baritone guitar, viola, and piano on Dive makes it one of my favourite tracks on Move. 💃 I rewrote the verses twice and rerecorded the vocals four or five times. Sometimes in studio, sometimes in a lounge, and sometimes in bed. It was really important for me to get the tone/performance/emotion of the vocals right, and when it finally worked, it worked
Instagram pictures feature; one of my fav stills from the Crush visualiser that I think captures this track too, Josh playing the piano part (+ Nico the cat), Arahi and I having too much fun recording drums, me attempting a vocal take in bed.
Move. Song 8 : The Orchard
The closing track off Move. and one of the easiest songs I've ever made. The sound and lyrics of The Orchard describe the feeling of the flat I lived in while making Move.
Instagram pictures feature; a sample of the song I posted when teasing the album, Nico the cat while writing the song with Dave, the credits, Jeremy at Parachute while recording drums, one of my fav press pics taken my Jack, the edited loop of the visualiser before I added the music.
Behind the Song Series (on YouTube)
In the "Behind the Song Series" on YouTube I go through the Pro Tools sessions of a bunch of the songs off Move. and discuss some of the elements that make up the songs.