{"id":23054,"date":"2018-04-18T14:45:13","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T18:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=23054"},"modified":"2018-08-09T17:04:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T21:04:29","slug":"playing-detroit-stef-chura-record-store-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/playing-detroit-stef-chura-record-store-day\/","title":{"rendered":"PLAYING DETROIT: Stef Chura Celebrates Record Store Day with Limited Edition 7″"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This Saturday, April 21st is Record Store Day<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>a day that brings us back to a time when the only way you could hear your favorite artist\u2019s new song was by purchasing it on seven inches of vinyl from your local record shop. That\u2019s exactly how Detroit indie-rocker, Stef Chura, wants us to celebrate the annual homage to vinyl culture. Chura, who released her striking debut album\u00a0<\/span>Messes\u00a0<\/span><\/i>in 2017, is pressing a thousand copies of a new 7″ that includes two songs that didn\u2019t make it onto the LP. Both of the songs – \u201cDegrees\u201d and \u201cSour Honey\u201d – were produced by Will Toledo of Car Seat Headrest and show Chura\u2019s range in emotion, voice, and musicianship. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDegrees\u201d is a weighty, haunting rumination on mortality that shifts between delicate verses and a blazing refrain. Chura says that the song was originally a plucky folk song, but Toledo had the idea to take it in a Janis Joplin \u201cBall and Chain\u201d direction, adding gritty layers of guitar that conjure up the image of towering flames. <\/span><\/p>\n

Falling on the opposite end of the spectrum sonically, \u201cSour Honey\u201d is a stripped-down solo affair that features Chura\u2019s flickering, elastic vocals accompanied by Toledo on piano. The bare, vulnerable sound is an appropriate match for the song\u2019s subject matter – insecurity and hyper self-awareness. \u00a0\u201cI wrote that song when I was working at a strip club in Detroit as a cocktail server,\u201d says Chura. \u201cIt was about the visceral, super physical feeling of complete embarrassment and humiliation. I think I used to suffer from a lot of social anxiety and miscommunications, and it was just a very cat-fighty atmosphere.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

The 7″ is a Record Store Day exclusive, which means you\u2019ll only be able to pick it up at your local record store. Chura will <\/span>perform at Detroit\u2019s Third Man Records<\/span><\/a> in tandem with the release, followed by shows in Cincinnati and Bloomington. Listen to \u201cDegrees\u201d and see Stef Chura\u2019s upcoming tour dates below. <\/span><\/p>\n