Fanny Lumsden reveals the latest preview single from her highly anticipated upcoming album ‘Hey Dawn’ (out 4th August), ahead of her performance at Glastonbury this week.
Award-winning Australian Artist, Fanny Lumsden, who will be performing on Glastonbury’s Avalon Stage this week, recently released her latest single ‘When I Die‘ from her highly anticipated upcoming forth studio album, Hey Dawn (out August 4th).
The track is a deeply evocative and genre-busting story song, based on her muse – a big, bearded lumberjack and bushy called Brett. This song is about his meticulously planned celebration for his own wake, which involves a hillside with an ‘awesome view’ (as he calls it), a bonfire of an old truck, live music from Fanny to serenade him out of this world – and his ashes getting shot out of shotguns (BYO) during golden hour!
Fanny explains, “Brett bailed me up at the pub one day to ask me how much I would charge to perform at his wake. I nominated an outrageous fee and a down payment of a cow and 2 loads of wood. He rocked up a few months later with the first load of wood and let’s just say it has taken off since then! The song is really about sticking to your guns and being true to who you are both in life and in death. I wrote it sitting around a campfire on my own on the Nullarbor Plain.”
The feel-good, hugely fun video featuring Brett – was directed by Fanny Lumsden and Dan Freeman, with DOP Sam Brumby (King Stingray). Listen to WHO’S BRETT: A ‘HEY DAWN / WHEN I DIE’ podcast special with Fanny Lumsden here.
In addition to performing at Glastonbury, Fanny will be headlining three shows in Ireland – June 28th in Kinsale (sold out), June 29th in Ballydehob and June 30th in Clonakilty – and a sold-out show in London (July 6th). Limited tickets are available here.
