Today Vancouver musician Jasper Sloan Yip dropped the music video for Gin Fizz and the single Halcyon Dream.
Both singles are taken from the upcoming double EP called Strange Calm / Blushing Autumn which comes out on October 26, 2021 via Tiny Kingdom Records.
Both are wonderful dreamy pop and emotional tunes that showcases Jasper’s talents.
About Gin Fizz:
The catalyst for “Gin Fizz” arrived for Yip while on a beach during his honeymoon.
“We arrived on a grey and wet day and spent the afternoon avoiding flash storms in beach bars.
Towards the evening the weather cleared, and we sat drinking on the beach just taking it in. The last drink she ordered was a Gin Fizz.
Up to that point in the trip, I had been unable to leave my anxieties behind. I’d been fretting about all of it: money, work, music, family – you name it – until we landed on the beach. The island was strangely empty and the weather was terrible, but none of that mattered.
I felt light and free in a way that had eluded me for a long time. It’s a rare thing to feel that kind of happiness, the kind that you know you’ll remember acutely, long after it has passed. But that was one of those days.”
About Halcyon Dream:
“Halcyon Dream” is a song about “endings, big and small; a lament for my 20s and our carbonized atmosphere,” says Yip. “It looks backwards and wonders if the past was as lovely as you remember it, while quietly acknowledging that it probably wasn’t.”
The song arrived fairly quickly, after a writing inspiration exchange with Yip’s good friend Wallgrin. “They came over on a rainy weekend afternoon and we sat side by side at my piano and traded ideas for a few hours. From there we started sharing voice memo ideas with each other on a regular basis, and in a way, it gave me a reason to start writing again. I’ve always made music out of an urge to feel closer to other people, and in this case, I suppose I started writing again to feel closer to them.
One morning soon after, I sat at my piano and wrote the chords for ‘Halcyon Dream’ and the opening lines appeared; ‘Where to begin? / It’s all starting to end’. I sent it to Wallgrin and finished the lyrics quickly while texting with them at the piano. It happened so fast, I suppose it had been there for a while.”
Halcyon Dream / Gin Fizz gets:
/10.
