Cummings, Grace - Ramona (Green & Cream Splatter Vinyl LP)

Grace Cummings - Ramona (Green & Cream Splatter Vinyl LP)

Ramona is a work of raw truth rendered in its most resplendent form. In a departure from the self-produced approach of her 2019 debut Refuge Cove and its 2022 follow- up Storm Queen—an LP whose abundant praise came from the likes of MOJO, who noted that Cummings “unleashes her psyche in a voice of throaty, Diamanda Galás-style intensity”—the Melbourne-based artist worked with producer Jonathan Wilson and dreamed up a lavishly orchestrated sound that fully accommodates the depth and scope of her vocal prowess. With its visceral reflection on grief and self- destruction and emotional violence, Ramona brings a stunning new grandeur to Cummings’ music while refusing to soften or temper its unbound humanity. Recorded at Wilson’s Fivestar Studios, Ramona came to life in collaboration with a stacked lineup of musicians that includes harpist Mary Lattimore and string arranger/multi-instrumentalist Drew Erickson (Weyes Blood, Mitski, Lana Del Rey).

Tracklisting:

1. Something Going 'Round
2. On and On
3. I’m Getting Married to The War
4.  Love and the Canyon
5. Work Today (and Tomorrow)1. Everybody’s Somebody
6. Common Man
   
7. Without You
   
8. Ramona
   
9. A Precious Thing
   
10. Help is on its Way