@Fruitdrink "Ford, whose exquisite third solo album, U Kin B the Sun, came out in spring, was in mourning last year. She lost her brother Kevin to alcohol abuse – self-medication for the trauma of their chaotic upbringing. Ford and her three siblings were the children of draft-dodging US political activists, hiding from the FBI in various Canadian locales.
@Fruitdrink "Ford, whose exquisite third solo album, U Kin B the Sun, came out in spring, was in mourning last year. She lost her brother Kevin to alcohol abuse – self-medication for the trauma of their chaotic upbringing. Ford and her three siblings were the children of draft-dodging US political activists, hiding from the FBI in various Canadian locales.
Firecracker is the song Ford wrote about Kevin on her debut solo outing, 2010’s Obadiah."
Firecracker is the song Ford wrote about Kevin on her debut solo outing, 2010’s Obadiah."
(cited from "Frazey Ford review – an emotional, imperfect, lyrical balm" by Kitty Empire/The Guardian Sat 3 Oct 2020)
(cited from "Frazey Ford review – an emotional, imperfect, lyrical balm" by Kitty Empire/The Guardian Sat 3 Oct 2020)
I've always thought about this song as being from the perspective of a school shooter but I'm starting to doubt myself. Anyone?
@Fruitdrink "Ford, whose exquisite third solo album, U Kin B the Sun, came out in spring, was in mourning last year. She lost her brother Kevin to alcohol abuse – self-medication for the trauma of their chaotic upbringing. Ford and her three siblings were the children of draft-dodging US political activists, hiding from the FBI in various Canadian locales.
@Fruitdrink "Ford, whose exquisite third solo album, U Kin B the Sun, came out in spring, was in mourning last year. She lost her brother Kevin to alcohol abuse – self-medication for the trauma of their chaotic upbringing. Ford and her three siblings were the children of draft-dodging US political activists, hiding from the FBI in various Canadian locales.
Firecracker is the song Ford wrote about Kevin on her debut solo outing, 2010’s Obadiah."
Firecracker is the song Ford wrote about Kevin on her debut solo outing, 2010’s Obadiah."
(cited from "Frazey Ford review – an emotional, imperfect, lyrical balm" by Kitty Empire/The Guardian Sat 3 Oct 2020)
(cited from "Frazey Ford review – an emotional, imperfect, lyrical balm" by Kitty Empire/The Guardian Sat 3 Oct 2020)