Maple Glider is the project of Melbourne-based Tori Zietsch whose debut album ‘To Enjoy Is The Only Thing’ is set for release on June 25th 2021 via Partisan Records. A Lost Generation once left the United States for Paris where their imaginations took flight: Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Dos Passos, E.E. Cummings…
While the UK’s hipster capital may not be Paris, Brighton was where that Zietsch penned her debut – songs described as a set of vignettes from her life; growing up in a restrictive religious household, falling in and out of love, cross-country and international travel, longing, alienation and more. Moments both unremarkable and life-altering, but always deeply felt, brought to vivid life by the beauty of Tori’s artistry and wry sense of dark humor.
Alongside the album announcement, is a video for album track ‘Swimming’…that humour is apparent from start, aided by her lifeless partner…
Says Zietsch on “Swimming,” “This was meant to be a love song, but by the time I finished it, it kind of predetermined a break-up. I’d been experiencing some of the most beautiful places I’d ever been in, and falling out of love was very confusing. I was trying to force myself to be happy and in love, but I was far from home, and really lonely. It made sense to record the song after the break-up. I kind of felt like I was able to handle the sincerity of it then.”
Mapler Glideris released on June 25th 2021 via Partisan Records.
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Photo Credit: Bridgette Winten