Public Possession presents Aiden Ayers’ debut album “Venus Copper Rose”. A few words by the artist himself: ‘”Venus Copper Rose” came to me in a dream. The three words are all the same thing, symbols of beauty and material formations of love. Together they are a VCR (videocassette recorder) - a memory machine, a portal into fantasy and myth + a transcriber of dreams. The songs on the album represent the past five years of my life. The oldest of them were written and first recorded in 2017 and the youngest barely made it to the mastering session on time. I am always writing and recording, travelling to and fro, on little islands off the coast of BC, down to the California desert, or in makeshift basement studios throughout Vancouver. Every song has grown up and been captured in a different way - the album is a wild garden of misfits, flowers and weeds. I hope that people feel nourished by this album - I believe that is the ultimate role of music, like another kind of food, light, or love. I hope these songs and this album can help people see the beauty and poetry that flows through their own lives.’
It’s certainly an ambitious yet delicate, humane and considered album. Meandering gently through folk, Balearic, soft rock, pastoral electronics, naïve tape experiments and acoustic memoirs – Ayers presents a very candid and true LP which almost plays like a travelogue – each track conjuring up images of different locations; be it the exotic, the humble, or the picturesque. There’s love, wanderlust, compassion, reflection and intrigue. It’s rather special indeed.
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Eccentric, sincere, wierdo-Balearic-rock and acid folk album from this new star from Vancouver. Aiden Ayers has rocked us throughout the year with some well executed 7" singles but on long playing masterpiece "Venus Copper Rose", we really get an insight into this singular odd ball superstar.
TRACK LISTING
A1) Here If You Want Me
A2) Overtime
A3) Up To You
A4) Second Thought
A5) Anytime You Want
A6) Heavy Like Air
A7) For A Minute
A8) Mercury’s Ladder
B1) Empty Eyes
B2) Bottleneck Boys
B3) Balloon
B4) Riversong
B5) The World Can Wait
B6) Not A Blue Sky
B7) Coffee Girl
B8) Death
