Mother of Millions is the debut EP from Rebel Yell, the solo project from Brisbane’s Grace Stevenson (also known as one half of electro-pop duo 100%).

Grace’s solo work veers sharply into dark, industrial techno, and has already seen her share the stage with the likes of Lucy Cliché and Pillow Pro.

Mother of Millions was released Friday through Rice is Nice, and we’ve asked Grace to take us through the record from start to finish, if only to give us an idea of what she’s actually saying with those heavily-processed vox.

NEVER PERFECTION

“Fabulous nails, specialist hair, I am never perfection”. Say something so much and you start to believe it. “Fabulous, specialist, perfection”, is the next line, so at this stage maybe I am warming to the idea of exterior perfection.

This was the first track I wrote for the project and has been a live staple ever since. It set the tone for what was to follow. The heavy effects processing on the vocals was initially a byproduct of my apprehension to let people hear my real voice. It seemed to stick around as the project evolved. Sometimes I wish that people could understand what I am saying but it’s 2016 so style over substance baby!

TAKE AWAY

The tracks on the EP often start as bedroom demos on my ESX-1 and a rotating lineup of synthesisers. When I get the chance to flesh them out, it’s normally after hours in a dank warehouse rehearsal space in the spooky part of town. I genuinely feel unsafe being there which adds a level of paranoia to the track that no effects unit can produce.

IDEAL FITNESS

“Ideal fitness, perfectly train me, be my very best”.

As Kath Day-Knight would say “Does it make me a crim, to keep myself trim?”

DELAY

Delay was the most recent song written for this EP. It is a more dancefloor oriented direction for the team at Rebel Yell HQ. Watch this space for more thumpers. I want fist pumps when I play people!

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