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by Jen Doerksen<\/strong><\/p>\n Rae Spoon\u2019s new LP bodiesofwater comes out on the twentieth anniversary of the first show Spoon ever played, and ten years after the release of their break-out album <\/span><\/i>superioryouareinferior<\/i><\/b>. As a non-binary person, Rae is no stranger to having an identity that doesn\u2019t fit societal and legal structures. Like bodies, water is regulated and increasingly commodified, despite being fundamental to life. On this, Spoon\u2019s ninth album, they explore their common ground and connections with the ocean surrounding their Vancouver Island home.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Jen Doerksen: How\u2019s tour?<\/strong><\/p>\n Rae Spoon:<\/strong> It\u2019s going really well. I\u2019m really enjoying it. I\u2019m enjoying touring playing with Respectfulchild, and I just learned how to drive so I\u2019m enjoying driving on my own tour.<\/span><\/p>\n JD: How was making the album?<\/strong><\/p>\n RS:<\/strong> It was a really nice album to make. I moved to Victoria a few years ago and recorded at a really nice studio \u2013 and my friend from Montreal came and co-produced it with me. It was really relaxing because it\u2019s a studio on a really beautiful island. So we got to record for 10 hours a day and then go to the beach. It was really fun and a really relaxed process and I think it shows in the recording.<\/span><\/p>\n JD: What about the content of songs? The theme seems to tackle challenging ideas. Was it tough to write?<\/strong><\/p>\n RS:<\/strong> I think the most difficult one to write was \u201cIn My Town\u201d because it\u2019s about assault and it\u2019s the thing that if you mention, some people get upset right away. So I had to write a song about supporting survivors that people still want to listen to, but that isn\u2019t triggering. \u201cIt\u2019s Not In My Body\u201d turned out really well. It was like a surprise song I was trying to write something and it turned into this\u2026 I was trying to write about being non-binary but also about how everyone has a body and I really like how it turned out. I\u2019m really happy with it.<\/span><\/p>\n JD: Why did you feel it\u2019s important to write \u201cIn My Town\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n RS:<\/strong> Over the years in my own life, I\u2019ve dealt with situations with friends or in different communities and watching how, trying to support someone who has had something happen to them\u2026 a lot of people would side with the abuser. It was common to say someone was lying and control the narrative\u2026 I see that over and over, in Winnipeg, Halifax, Victoria, and more. It\u2019s a very ubiquitous problem. But it felt to me like something I should write about, and it felt good to take up space. If someone is a survivor and they hear it, hopefully it sounds like working towards supporting survivors.<\/span><\/p>\n And also to make it general enough that you won\u2019t have just one person understand it. But not so general that people can ignore the meaning of it.<\/span><\/p>\n JD: What\u2019s your next stop?<\/strong><\/p>\n RS:<\/strong> We\u2019re playing Edmonton next, the Saskatoon, then Winnipeg. Going across to Montreal, then two of us will fly to Halifax for one show, and then the car comes back across Canada to Victoria.<\/span><\/p>\n Living in Montreal I could split my tours. But now I just keep going.<\/span><\/p>\n JD: Anything you like about Tour?<\/strong><\/p>\n RS:<\/strong> I build my life around touring. I started touring about 18 years ago.A lot of my friends are in different towns so. I really like getting to be in lots of different communities. It\u2019s really physically challenging, so it might not be the most accessible, but it\u2019s something I grew up doing and now its like ok\u2026 It\u2019s like I was training to do it. \u00a0Being a singer is really challenging for your body, and travelling every day.<\/span><\/p>\n JD: Anything about the album you want to share?<\/strong><\/p>\n RS:<\/strong> I think with what\u2019s going on with climate change, and in communities with abusers, and finding out what to do\u2026 I think the message of the album is that we can have hope. We can turn things around .We have more power than folks want us to think we have. We can stop pipelines. We can change things, even if it\u2019s in our own communities.<\/span><\/p>\n I also designed it in the beginning for pool performances. I was trying to write songs to be performed at a concert where the audience is in a pool. So the idea of bodies of water is tied into that. The next goal is to bring it back for some pool concerts across Canada. Part of it is making pools more accessible like gender-neutral washrooms, or the physical or emotional accessibility to get into pools.<\/span><\/p>\n I don\u2019t know where the pool idea came from\u2026 I was in berlin and feeling really arty that day.<\/span><\/p>\n JD: Do you like to go to the pool?<\/strong><\/p>\n RS:<\/strong> I hate the pool actually. I\u2019ve always had problems like what bathing suits to wear, or what change rooms to use, and now I can use them at the YCMA I go to but that\u2019s only 3 months old. But all body swims would be cool as a concert!<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Jen Doerksen Rae Spoon\u2019s new LP bodiesofwater comes out on the twentieth anniversary of the first show Spoon ever played, and ten years after the release of their break-out album superioryouareinferior. 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