And to top it all off, we get the added bonus of being right in between Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal for playing gigs, which really doesn’t hurt! How did you get back to playing the piano after a long time being away from the instrument? I’ve been blown away by the amount of opportunities that they’ve been creating for us it just feels really good to live in a place that values arts and culture. The city is very invested in its artists. You get artists from so many different disciplines, backgrounds, and styles, which makes for a very diverse and vibrant scene. My first full-length record, Hues, is coming out on September 9th! What’s it like being a musician in Kingston?īeing a musician in Kingston is a really special experience! I feel really lucky to live in a city that plays host to such an eclectic mix of artists. Hey! My name’s Erika Lamon, and I’m a Canadian folk-rock songstress from Kingston, ON. I get that ‘the movie’s about to start’ feeling.” Listen to “Yellow Sundress” below, and find out more about Erika Lamon via our mini-interview.Ĭare to introduce yourself to our readers? “The clock and keys intertwining in the beginning still give me shivers. “All I could see was a guilt-laden love story unraveling as time ran out in the background, the ever-ticking clock,” Lamon says. The clock element is a very deliberate part of the song. “I had some half-finished lyrics hanging around nearby, written a couple of days prior, so I reached out for them.” A main piano line appeared,” she recalls. “I sat down at the piano, and started fiddling with the keys. But sometimes, in this beginner-state, ideas flow naturally.”Īnd then “Yellow Sundress” began to emerge. You’ve lost the ease with which you used to play, and touching the keys can conjure a sense of loss. Getting back into it is long and discouraging. “If there’s one thing I know about playing an instrument, it’s that it’s not like riding a bicycle. “I grew up playing the piano but I stopped practicing when I left for university,” she says. However, the inclusion of a piano track on Hues arrived as somewhat of a surprise to Lamon. The moodiness of the piano and Lamon’s willingness to delve into complexity is reminiscent of some of the best of Tori Amos. The song deals with a cut-off relationship where there’s a shortage of honesty, as well as some internal conflict on the part of the narrator:
“Yellow Sundress” begins and ends with the ticking of a clock, creating a feeling of suspense and time running out, and it maintains that metronome beat under thunderous piano and introspective vocals. Still, Kingston, ON-based folk-rock songstress Erika Lamon takes that idea and turns it on its head in her stormy piano-driven single “Yellow Sundress,” from her forthcoming album Hues. Photo Supplied by PR Erika Lamon captures the storminess of a guilt-laden love on “Yellow Sundress”Ī yellow sundress conjures imagery of sunny days and lack of complication.
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