Babe Martin releases her debut ‘The Versoix EP’, shares final single ‘Far From You’
Babe Martin is the project of Zoë Larsen-Cumming (she/her), musician and songwriter based in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland).
Babe Martin skilfully crafts sparse arrangements, mainly piano and cello, that carry her stories leaving listeners tenderly gut wrenched. Her compositions are restrained, perfectly formed without over indulgence, giving the listener just enough without overindulging, a masterful touch for a musician so early in their career.
Today Babe Martin shares Far From You, the third and final song to be released from her debut The Versoix EP (out now digitally on September 7 via Sunreturn). The songs on The Versoix EP have their origin with writing sessions between Larsen-Cumming and Jazmine Mary, as a part of NZ On Air’s New Music Develop Programme.
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Babe Martin – Far From You
Within the last three months Babe Martin has released two singles (Versoix and Knocked For Six) that have found playlist success throughout the SRN, charting on the SRN Top 10, the Radio One Top 11, Radio Active Top 11, Radio Control’s NZ Top 10 and the 95bFM Top 10. Babe Martin has been profiled in Craccum and Debate Magazine, featured on RNZ and RNZ Concert.
The third and final single Far From You reveals one of the through-lines of The Versoix EP as Larsen-Cumming explains, “Like the other songs on The Versoix EP, Far From You deals with the passing of time, physical space, and life’s changes. Where Knocked For Six In BHX plays with the idea of moving in a very immediate sense and Versoix reflects on memories after moving away, ‘Far From You’ is instead about being the one who stays when someone else leaves for their own adventure.”
“I wanted the song to push forward, almost relentlessly, for its duration. The other two songs linger, but Far From You rolls steadily away down the track. You’re on the train and you’re not getting off until the very end and Bianca Bailey (Wiri Donna) executed this perfectly. Then we’ve got some saxophone and cello (played by Louisa Nicklin and Antonia Barnett McIntosh) and the two instruments really play with each other. Jazmine Mary’s guitar arrangements were perfect and warm and yearning, and then of course the foundation of the song is piano, as that’s how I always write.”
With the EP released Larsen-Cumming notes that it’s “definitely cause for reflection, it’s been a really lovely process. I’m excited to have a body of work in the world, and ready for whatever’s next.”
Photo Credit: Courtney Rogers
