They’re back! After nearly a year and a half, Hungry Lucy return to the podcasting world with great news! Finally, Warren and Christa Belle announce the title of their new album, “Pulse of the Earth”, and discuss the writing/recording process. No previews yet, but it’s definitely worth one more week of waiting.
Amongst the writing and recording of the album, Christa Belle shares some fantastic news. CB has written her first novel, “Days with Indigo”, which will be released shortly behind the new HL album. Brilliant! Can you sense a combo-pack in the making?
It would seem that Warren and Christa Belle are no doubt back in business after a much needed quiet spell of creating and exploring the musical world. The new album is indeed a tribute to quietude, solace and what happens when you allow the music to speak to you, not the other way around. As the duo discovered, you can’t force a good song. You must be patient. Patience pays off…BIG TIME!
Until next week, prepare your ears and eyes for a fabulous treat! Can you feel the pulse?
It’s hard for me to believe that Hungry Lucy turns 10 years old this month (Nov. 2008). Although our cover of Depeche Mode’s “Blue Dress” kicked everything off earlier in 1998, November of that year marked the first time we put pen to paper and fingers to keyboard to create our first original song, “Bound in Blood“. I remember getting up one morning and finding that Christa had left the lyrics with a little description of the “sound” for me. It was like a little present. Using that description as “instructions” I began to form the music. And Hungry Lucy was born!
We’ve sure come a long way since those days. Working in our own little bubbles was the way we both dealt with the very personal work of songwriting back then. The shear distance we’ve come was reinforced this past weekend when Christa and I (close to giving up completely) threw away several of the songs we had for the next release. Although this seems rash, it was just the catharsis we needed. Within a few hours of this decision, we had sat down together and created what is my current favorite song, “Pulse of the Earth“. Gone are the attempts to emulate the artists we love and respect. Frankly, that was the problem with the songs we threw out. It can be tough to trust one’s own instincts when you’re creating something for which you know people are waiting. Casting all the expectation aside is what it takes, and where Hungry Lucy is headed (once more) as we go into our 11th year as a band. We’ve never been a normal band. We never will be… and that’s OK. We are nothing more than husband and wife, creating the little pieces of art of which we can be proud.
Coinciding with our 10 year anniversary, we recently took a trip down memory lane for the excellent “Music for Midnight” podcast. Austin Beeman (our gracious host) did an excellent job of producing something that provides a lovely audio scrapbook of our past 10 years.
Thank you Austin for shining a light on what we do!
In the absence of our podcast, “Tea with Hungry Lucy“, I’ll be writing more about the album’s progress in the next few days. For those of you that have emailed, TWHL will be back… just not yet! For all the people that have emailed and commented with your supportive patience, we thank you. Something special is brewing and we’ll share it with you all very soon!
Good Lord. It’s time for Tea with Hungry Lucy! Episode 122 has Christa and War-N talking about recent work on “The Best Day of Her Life”. You can hear the genesis of this song in episode 112 (The Evolution of Pajamas). The duo mention the remaining few copies of Glo (which will not be re-pressed as a double CD). So get your copy soon if you want one!
OPM (other people’s media) touches on the talents of Zoe Keating. Check out her Radio Lab special at Radio Lab’s website. W&CB also talked about some great 80s videos during this weekend’s 80 hours of the 80s on VH-1 Classic. Do you feel as old as I do?
Holy Hell it’s hot in here! Where’s my watermelon? This episode brings many different topics to the table. One of which is the new Hungry Lucy release, “The Teatime Sessions“!! Get one now for fear of embarrassment! War-N found an interesting article about Introvert vs. Extrovert. Don’t be mean to the “innie’s”! OPM for both HL members was the disc “Songs for Tibet: The Art of Peace” featuring many a talented musician. CB comes out of the fashion closet and embraces the girl within by outwardly browsing through the pages of British Vogue. A long-time love that she’s kept hidden for all the wrong reasons. Who knew??
A note of great importance is the Bloodwire show in San Francisco, CA on August 30th at Julie’s Supper Club. We truly wish we could be there! I hear they are performing many new tunes. How lovely!!!
Other rants and ramblings within this podcast fully represent the members of Hungry Lucy. We are absolutely responsible for topics mentioned on this podcast. Life is worth nothing if you don’t stand up for what you believe in! To hear/see more blog-type postings from each individual member go here for War-N and here for Christa Belle. You may even learn how to make a killer Chocolate Cake!
In episode 120 of Tea with Hungry Lucy, Christa and War-N give us all the juicy details of their recent show with Thoushaltnot at The Dock in Cincinnati. War-N talks about keeping himself to himself, and then feels he’s contradicted himself. Christa raises an interesting issue whether it’s better to coexist with people of differing views or group together with like-minded people. That got War-N thinking far too hard. What are your thoughts on the matter? Christa also speaks indirectly to Anji Bee of Lovespirals regarding the song “Storm” and a shared experience.
Christa and War-N return to the airwaves with no video streams to distract them this week. Christa shares the progress of the vegetable garden while War-N stays indoors. The duo talk about their recent trip to Chicago to see Yazoo perform live (War-N so totally blogged about it). CB & W jump into prep mode for the upcoming show at The Dock with ThouShaltNot (July 31st) and also tell us about a special live album they’ll be selling at the show? Can’t make the show and want one? Tell us about it!
Not much can really express this podcast other than just listening, so we’ll just tell you where to go for the OPM’s! CB was in “nod mode” with War-N this week with his picks of Alanis Morissette and her new album ‘Flavors of Entanglement‘ along with a powerful song by Amanda Palmer called ‘Astronaut’ and her new album ‘Who Killed Amanda Palmer’ due out in September. Both great picks from the OPM-Meister War-N!!
Another important mention is that HL are playing LIVE at The Dock here in Cincinnati with their old tour buddies ThouShaltNot on Thursday, July 31st!!! This was a lovely surprise to be worked out. Thanks, Alex!! HL are very much looking forward to this performance, and to see TSN again!
HL end this podcast with a live performance of their song ‘Softly‘ from the album ‘To Kill A King‘. See if you can spot the precise moment that War-N shifted the speed WAY up!!
OK then. Until next time, pull your own finger. It’s really quite fun!
Well, despite HL’s efforts to stream the podcast live, we had technical difficulties outside of our own control. Thusly, the podcast will not have a live video stream for this episode. Sorry :/ It’s all Leo Laporte‘s fault!
But, the duo still had lots to talk about. Work on the new album is chugging along nicely, finally! With no release date a of yet, CB & W are working away on brand new tunes. One of which, ‘Just Imagine’, was just completed and only needs a good mixing. Who knows how many tracks the new album will have. At this point, it’s best to just keep on doing what they’re doing! OPM’s included for the week were Christa’s pick of Frisbee, thanks to Grant and his Three From Leith podcast, and War-N’s pick was the new album ‘Nine Heavens‘ by Niyaz which is due out next week. All absolutely great stuff!! CB also chatted about the music store located in Louisville, KY called ear-X-tacy. Frisbee sells his cd’s, and vinyl, there directly. If you live near the Louisville area, you should go check it out! Also, you can order from them online here!
Until next time, be nice to others more than you think you should! You don’t always know the other side of things.
Toodloo!
Other fine examples of good “brick-n-mortar” indie record stores are:
In a rather dry-feeling episode, the duo chat briefly about how evil the sun is, how great Sex and the City the movie was and how violent Prince Caspian was! CB wishes Chris & Tina (long time friends from Lexington) a happy birthday today live on the streaming video of the podcast! That’s right. Live streaming Lucy! We hope to do this more, and let you know about it in advance, as soon as we can get the technology working without a hitch. You can watch the video of this week’s podcast at Stickam.com. HL also perform the song “Stay” (from the “Glo” album) at the end of the podcast. Ya gotta love the spontaneity of live performing
OPM this week is from CB. Her pick is a photographer by the name of Joanna Kane. Go check out how she made castings of people’s heads in pre-photography times look like they were real and right in front of you! Some people included were poets, authors and the like.Some were totally unknown. Amazing photographs. If you fancy it, you can also buy her book titled “The Somnambulists“.
At last, the (triumphant?) return of Tea with Hungry Lucy! In honor of Memorial Day, Christa and War-N kick off the episode with a live performance of the New Order song “Love Vigilantes” (originally recorded for the “True Faith” album). Some explanation of the unplanned Hiatus follows in amongst CB & W’s difficulties with forming simple sentences. War-N talks a bit about the film “A Mighty Heart” and how if affected him and Christa talks about beautiful visual impact of the film “Perfume“. Other People’s Music chatted about was the song “New Soul” by Yael Naim (from her self-titled album) and the album “Dreaming of Revenge” by Kaki King. War-N learned about Kaki on the excellent podcast “World Cafe: Words and Music (Feed)”. The podcast rounds out with “My Beloved” (from the album “To Kill a King”), dedicated this week to our new nephew, Micah.
They’re back! After nearly a year and a half, Hungry Lucy return to the podcasting world with great news! Finally, Warren and Christa Belle announce the title of their new album, “Pulse of the Earth”, and discuss the writing/recording process. No previews yet, but it’s definitely worth one more week of waiting. 
