Reb Fountain has announced her new album, Water for Gasoline.
Set for release on Friday, August 14th via Fountain Records, Water for Gasoline marks a major new creative chapter for the Aotearoa-based singer-songwriter.
Fountain wrote and recorded her new album in her own garage studio this year. Most tracks were recorded live in a single take, written and reshaped during recording and evolving naturally in the room. Alongside longtime collaborators Dave Khan, Simon Gooding, and Earl Robertson, Fountain embraced instinct and spontaneity more than ever on this record.
Leading the album is new single “Good People”, out today, which is the only track Fountain will share prior to the full album release.
“I wanted to share ‘Good People’ then release the album as a whole,” she explains. “Those live recordings — full of our conviction to listen to and record songs together, in one take — the sooner we share them the sooner folks can ‘be’ with us in the room. We’re in this together and we want to bring our fans, old and new along for the ride.”
“Good People”, which was influenced by iconic artists like Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Marvin Gaye, and Patti Smith, features the unmistakable voices of Tami Neilson and Dianne Swan. It’s described as “equal parts protest anthem and heartfelt prayer to unit folks behind a common cause.”
The accompanying music video is premiering exclusively on Rolling Stone AU/NZ today — watch for the first time above.
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Shot in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, the clip sees Fountain walking the city streets, singing to the people, for the people.
Water for Gasoline follows How Love Bends, which featured in our year-end New Zealand albums list last year. Released on Flying Nun Records, Fountain’s most recent album also helped her to both an Aotearoa Music Award and Taite Music Prize nomination this year.
Fountain’s 2021 album Iris, meanwhile, featured in our 80 Best New Zealand Albums of the 2020s So Far list last year,
“Reb Fountain is another artist who could have featured prominently in this list as a result of more than one of their albums,” we wrote, further praising the musician for “pushing her writing deeper than ever before.”
Reb Fountain’s “Good People” is out now. Water for Gasoline is out Friday, August 14th via Fountain Records (pre-save/pre-order here).
