Music Makes Us

Anais Nin described life as a process of becoming, a combination of states people have to go through. For her, people fail when they elect a state and remain in it, resulting in a kind of death. fanshaw, the musical persona of Olivia Fetherstonhaugh, has managed to cheat this kind of death in her brief but accomplished three years on the Vancouver music scene.

Written over a five-year period, the debut album ‘Dark Eyes’ explores the dynamic tension between individual and identity through Fetherstonhaugh’s direct yet revealing prose. Each lyric teems with a passionate desperation yet the urgency of fanshaw’s narratives are offset by a soothing delivery that rivals her writing.

Track List

• Diana2:16
• Dark Eyes2:33
• Vegas3:35
• Nobody2:53
• Strong Hips5:19
• O Sailor3:18
• Paperboy4:03
• Rebecca5:19
• Checkerboard3:56