‘Fire Mountain Oh Sacred Ancient Fountain’ is a fable about a character in the record that invokes a mountain. “After two trips on the coast of Naples I was astonished by the beauty of Vesuvio and all its surroundings. You could feel an eerie energy on the ground and in the air” she comments. This place and the sensation of feeling so comfortably small next to a voluptuous force of nature is the spark for the whole story in the record.

Played on classical guitar and produced at home with vibrant chords and unconventional vocal harmonies and pizzicatos, the song slowly grows towards an understated crescendo, where the melodies represent the march of the orange river on its way to the sea.

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‘The Catalyst’ is a short, piano-based song that talks about grief and time in a playful way. After getting to know the goldfish on the album’s first single, the new song presents the album’s second key character, the catalyst. The catalyst is the engine that defines Nuria’s subconscious world, moving through visions, dreams and stories from the past, combined with the power of nature and its revealing messages.
 
After working through a painful process of unresolved grief, Núria’s piano and voice on the song act like a peaceful dance and a farewell, but also as the start of something new – a way of understanding the mysteries of death, its signals and its meanings, as well as a way to find joy in its mystery.
 
Produced by herself and recorded at home, playing percussions on cookie boxes and various layers of piano, the song ended up developing a film-like, epic end, with instruments recorded in the studio, including harp, strings, double bass and a simple but pungent bassoon line. The songs uses only four chords and Núria’s lyrics are like a mysterious dust on top of them, with surrealist images, as if words from the subconscious were part of a collective puzzle.
 
It’s curious how a song that speaks about death in such a peculiar way can sound so hopeful and even have a sense of humour, as if Núria is trying to reach an impalpable truth through words that, even for her, remain a mystery and feels like a game.
 
The video, directed by Marc Cuscó (with art direction by Marc, Ingrid Ferrer and Núria) and tries to capture the catalyst’s unique energy, the two dancers representing the celebration or the ceremony of a farewell.
 
Nature plays a big part in all of the songs and visuals on Graham’s forthcoming album. Nature is the main character in Cyclamen, the messenger of all things to come. 

Cyclamen:

1. Procida I
2. The Catalyst
3. Yes It’s Me, The Goldfish!
4. Poisonous Sunflower
5. Birdman
6. Fire Mountain Oh Sacred Ancient Fountain
7. Oh I Bless Thee
8. Disaster in Napoli
9. The Beginnings of Things
10. Gloria
11. Dust Bowl Dreamin’
12. The Waterway
13. Procida II

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‘Yes It’s Me, The Goldfish!’ is the first glimpse at Núria Graham’s forthcoming new album, Cyclamen. The album was produced by Núria herself, full of dreamy and subtle orchestral arrangements and ‘Yes It’s Me, The Goldfish!’ represents the first character of the various narrators of Cyclamen – a journey through existential questions, dialogues with nature, dreams and premonitory visions. The bluesy piano and a rusty classical guitar give way to pensive drums, building to a melodic explosion of sax and flutes. The song tells the story of a goldfish that swims inside a fish tank, looking at the future through the glass and anticipating what’s coming. Finally the goldfish realises that it can get all the answers it has been looking for within the space around it.

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