Brightly Painted One

Tiny Ruins, Brightly Painted Ones: Singer-songwriter / folk. Hailing from New Zealand, Tiny Ruins is a folk trio with front woman Hollie Fullbrook. This is slow, sparse, intimate, and hypnotic folk. RIYL: Laura Gibson, Daughter, Cat Power (sort of). FCC on track 6, otherwise play any track.

1. (2:35) *Finger picking, upright, and percussion. This is their single.
2. (4:23) *Slow and pretty. Medium pace but mellow. Like the way it progresses. Trumpets.
3. (2:55) *Finger picking, upright, percussion. Pretty. Mellow.
4. (5:18) *Finger picking, “I went in search of a reasonable man.” Great song.
5. (5:13) *More trance folk, soft and mellow. Some ambient electronic elements and strings. “She’ll be coming around.” Intimate. Introspective. Picks up with heavy percussion at ~3:50.
6. (4:52) (FCC “ASSES) *Piano. Positive dreamy feel. “Straw into Gold.” Brushed snares and trumpet.
7. (4:40) *Slow, finger picking, poppy bouncing percussion, sparse, pretty. Dreamy.
8. (4:48) *Opens with finger picking, vocals and upright enter together. Violin and percussion.
9. (4:06) *Darkest song on album. “Night Owl”
10. (3:22) *Pretty finger picking folk. Fiddle between verses and percussion between verses. Great song.