‘All In Good Time’ - from Waterford, Ireland-based artist, 'Waiting Space' - previewing on YouTube and BandCamp from Tuesday 01/12/2020 - with full launch across streaming services from Saturday 12/12/2020).
Christmas has always played a role in ‘Waiting Space’ - the solo project of producer and musician, Chris Falconer, from Waterford, Ireland. Waiting Space began in 2014 with a cover of a Christmas song - and for a time after this (4 consecutive years) the project annually released a winter/Christmas original piece - before a break for 2018/2019, when other projects got in the way. This year, however, Falconer felt it was the right time to renew the tradition, with new piece: ‘All In Good Time’.
The song goes live on Tuesday 01/12/2020 on Bandcamp, and YouTube – with SoundCloud / Spotify / AppleMusic, and other ‘premium’ streaming services, following on Saturday 12/12/2020. The reason for an initial Bandcamp-only release, is due to all earnings made from sales on Bandcamp going to ALONE Ireland, who are a charity supporting older people in Ireland.
About the song, Falconer says:
'‘All In Good Time’ is inspired by the long wait to see each other again, made all the more apparent by the distance imposed for the majority of the year by COVID-19 – and particularly applied to the Irish consciousness with a Second Lockdown, that came coupled with the promise of potentially reuniting with loved-ones in December. To reflect this, it starts out as a piano and voice ballad, and continues to build in orchestration, before breaking out into a ‘full band’ type jam at the end, as a pay-off for the slow-build.
The song is probably my most ‘on-the-nose’ / ‘cheesy’ Christmas-focused release, with very literal lyrics describing idealised Christmas scenarios, with ‘garland trailing the stairs’ railing’ – set against aspirational hopes which keep us going, but which have some uncertainties in them – particularly in the main refrain of ‘all in good time’, and also in the hopeful line of ‘kids listen out for sounds on the ceiling’.
In particular when I was writing this, I was thinking of my Granny, and how difficult it was to keep my distance from her. The song is full of nostalgia, and, given that I normally make quite serious music…I really just made something that I thought my Granny would enjoy listening to.
The song is also accompanied by a video I made using footage I had taken during Storm Emma / the snow blizzard that shutdown Ireland in 2018 (itself a first taster of a 'lockdown' in this recent generation). The idea of ‘nostalgia’ is further added by VHS-references added, and which create some visual dynamics to the already interesting sights created by the real-life snowfalls.'
Charity Element:
As mentioned above, all earnings made from sales on my Bandcamp are going to ALONE Ireland (www.alone.ie), who are a charity supporting older people in Ireland – and I thought could particular do with support this year. I am also selling charity Christmas cards in aid of ALONE at the moment too (based on the winter-scape digital-painting artwork I created for my 2017 Christmas release, 'Unfurl', which can be found here: waitingspacemusic.bandcamp.com/merch/waiting-space-charity-christmas-card-featuring-unfurl-artwork-lyrics).
lyrics
‘All in, good time,
I'll be there with you,
House dressed in red & white,
After a year of blue;
All in, good time,
I'll be there with you,
I'm there now in my mind.
Come in from the cold and,
Turn on the heating,
As the kids listen out for,
Sounds on the ceiling;
There's just enough room,
To fit a tree in,
And the garland's trailing,
The stairs' railing;
All in, good time,
I'll be there with you,
House dressed in red & white,
After a year of blue;
All in, good time,
I'll be there with you,
I'm there now in my mind.
All in, good time,
I'll be there with you,
House dressed in red & white,
After a year of blue;
All in, good time,
I'll be there with you,
I'm there now in my mind.’
credits
released November 30, 2020
Credits:
Written, performed, recorded, produced, and mixed by Waiting Space (Chris Falconer). Artwork, footage, and video composition and editing, additionally by Waiting Space (Chris Falconer).
'Waiting Space' is an audio & visual project - & the alias of Irish musician & creator, Chris
Falconer.
Through a D.I.Y. process enabled by contemporary technology, he self-produces songs characterised by dynamic vocals & cinematic instrumentals, typically blending programmed-electronics & live-instrumentation. Each piece is complemented by visuals, animations or short films. created in response....more
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