CARE/TAKING (Vinyl LP, White)

Despite having been born and raised here in Aotearoa, Jess Cornelius is an international indie star in every sense of the word. Having conquered Australia in years gone by with her old band Teeth & Tongue, Cornelius relocated to Los Angeles and embarked on a solo career that The Guardian has compared to "a kind of 21st century amalgam of Karen Dalton's delicate folk and 70s jam band Americana". Now, teaming up with Mikal Cronin and Steven Urgo (ex-War On Drugs), Jess has a brand new album of masterfully written songs of upheaval and uncertainty that are as epic as they are emotional. Phenomenal stuff. - Flying Out 

On her sophomore album CARE/TAKING, the New Zealand-raised, Los Angeles-based artist sings of personal upheaval with striking lucidity and emotional nimbleness. Where Cornelius’ 2020 debut Distance found her untethered moving across continents and entering a solo career after a long stint fronting the Australian band Teeth & Tongue, this LP has the songwriter firmly established in her California home but no less at a crossroads. Over 10 intricate and immediate songs, she grapples with squaring global crises and insecurities with the transformations and responsibilities in her life. It’s searching indie rock that’s as biting as it is comforting.

Tracklist

1. Tui Is a Bird (The Work)
2. Back to the Mainland 
3. People Move On
4. Desire
5. The Surgeon
6. Dying
7. Cloud Postcard
8. To the Desert
9. Laps in the Drugstore
10. When I Was Alive