WATCH AND SHARE “AT LAST I AM FREE” (CHIC / ROBERT WYATT) HERE

BUY / STREAM “AT LAST I AM FREE” (CHIC / ROBERT WYATT ) HERE

WIND SONGS EP OUT AUGUST 14 VIA FLEMISH EYE RECORDS

**PRE-ORDER WIND SONGS EP & LIMITED VINYL 12” HERE**

“Yesterday is Gone sits alongside the works of contemporaries like Joan Shelley and Brigid Mae Power, her delicate voice rising and falling through these elegant psych-folk songs” Uncut

“Dana Gavanski casts a spell on listeners with her psych-washed folk songs.” - Exclaim!

“Her honeyed vocals tiptoe around whimsical lyricism about the changing of the seasons and the slow burn of time” - Beatroute

"a comforting album that is a perfect companion for these trying times. ... listening to this album will bring us solace and some welcome sonic surprises" - Cups N’ Cakes

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As fierce as the inclement weather itself, the ethereal tones of Serbian-Canadian musician Dana Gavanski can stir a breeze and destroy like a storm. With her new covers EP Wind Songs Dana serendipitously teases her debut album Yesterday Is Gone from her new home in London across both sides of enforced isolation, to show an artist making the best of an unfortunate circumstance and seeking comfort in the familiar strangers of her musical heroes.

Dana today shares a second cut from the forthcoming Wind Songs in the form of “At Last I Am Free” originally written by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, plus an accompanying video directed by Nuha Ruby Ra. Dana explains her reasons for choosing this track to cover: “Originally written and performed by Chic, I first heard it covered by Robert Wyatt not long ago. It’s in part a break up song, but it goes beyond that. There’s something beautiful about the ambiguity of the song. The verses are quite personal, and then there’s this huge, ecstatic yet melancholy chorus. I love Robert Wyatt’s version of it too. His wizardly voice and that lead synth line that give it a special edge. It’s a big tune.”

WATCH AND SHARE “AT LAST I AM FREE” (CHIC/ ROBERT WYATT) HERE

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With multiple festivals and shows across France, Germany, and North America on pause, Dana utilised solitude to form deeper connections with the artists who inspire her. With her Travis picking technique she has recorded her unique renditions of songs like a time capsule of her journey so far; from teenage years in Vancouver to kitchen table talk with her mother and grandma “baka” about love, life, sex, art, relationships, and psychology, and selling her records for a move to Montreal: “I kind of forgot about King Crimson for some time,” Dana says of her EP’s cover of their song, “I Talk To The Wind”, “and only got back into them early last year. Ian McDonald’s beautiful flute solos throughout the song, the mellow vocals and symphonic arrangements all come together to make it beautifully moody.” With echoes of Vashti Bunyan and a hint of airy wistfulness akin to Cate Le Bon, writing is how Dana makes sense of life’s bumps in the road.

LISTEN AND SHARE “I TALK TO THE WIND” (KING CRIMSON ) HERE

Her debut album Yesterday Is Gone, took shape after she returned from a writing residency in Banff, Alberta where she’d begun to learn the art of being alone with her emotions. Rooted in the intimacy of folk songwriting, it explores a different sonic texture and as a full band, Dana co-produced her record with Toronto-based musician Sam Gleason, and Mike Lindsay of Tunng and LUMP – adding to the good company already kept on tour with Damien Jurado and Chris Cohen. Yesterday Is Gone is Dana’s attempt to ‘learn to say what I feel and feel what I say’ through her own beguiling sound, with each component meticulously placed and yielding a deeply sincere response to the chaos of human emotion. For now, all Dana wishes for Wind Songs to be enjoyed whilst she tentatively feels her way and steps towards giving her album the full attention it deserves.

“Often we have to go a little far in one direction to learn something about ourselves,” Dana says. With an optimistic, steely-eyed gaze towards the future, it looks like Dana has no choice but to keep going, wherever the wind may take her.

The full Wind Songs track list will be made available over the course of the coming weeks.

Listen to the first two tracks “I Talk to the Wind” and “At Last I Am Free” here https://smarturl.it/wind-songs . The limited edition of Wind Songs 12” is available for pre-order which you can bundle with Yesterday Is Gone or purchase seperately.