Lace Mine Embraces Discomfort in Debut EP Release: ‘Body’
Lace Mine’s debut EP Body lands 27th May, an intimate five-track record detailing discomfort. From its origins in her 100-year-old grandmother’s basement to hiking solo through French forests with a tent, Body is an invitation into Lace Mine’s interior world.
Each track explores the body as a site of contradiction: a place of protection and intrusion, comfort and discomfort. “Every song was written in a different place, but the themes are the same,” Lace Mine explains. “In the space of six months, I watched someone lose their memory, walked over 400km alone and recorded for the first time in London. Body is a real-time response to that.”
The EP was made with producer JMAC in his home studio in London. The pair first met to record Wolf after an introduction from goodtwin’s Lucie Watson, before creating the full EP together over six weeks last August. “I really wanted to preserve the intimacy of the songs, and I think working with just one person in a small space helped achieve that. I wanted as little hands to touch the tracks as possible,” she says.
Sonically, Body moves between acoustic fragility and atmospheric production, drawing inspiration from artists like London Grammar and Agnes Obel.
The EP circles contradiction. The body is a place of safety as much as fear in Wolf, while in Haunt, it prepares for departure as it asks for closeness. “I really like stories that acknowledge the blurriness of being human, and these songs subconsciously came from that place.”
Lace Mine says Body captured the first time she truly embraced discomfort. “I wanted things to be tidy and explainable all the time, but living with someone losing their memory challenged that view hugely.” Themes of humanness and discomfort have already resonated with audiences – footage from the Wolf music video has amassed more than 16 million views online.
Lace Mine is now home in Aotearoa, sharing the EP’s songs at an intimate live show in June.
Photo Credit: Frances Carter
