Soup Lips - Kintsugi
Artwork by Max Ligema.
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About Kintsugi
Portland, Oregon based producer Tanner Irwin aka Soup Lips joins The Rust Music family with his first official catalog release on the label, a 2-tracker titled Kintsugi. You may already be familiar with his work through a collaboration with Darklord Gob on our recent compilation release, RUST100, but Irwin has been hard at work for the better part of the last decade honing in his unique sound, lush with psychedelia and a storytelling ability that can often evade even the most seasoned musicians.
With Kintsugi, Irwin takes inspiration from its namesake, the centuries-old Japanese art form of repairing broken pottery, using lacquer mixed with powdered gold. A philosophy that can extent to all aspects of life, Irwin prefers to think of Kintsugi as the practice of viewing brokenness not as a calamity, but as an opportunity to put pieces back together and create something even more beautiful and harmonious than before, in art, in music, and even interpersonally.
“Music has been one of my greatest medicines throughout my life. I believe it is a balm for the soul. I keep making music because of its power to inspire catharsis and creativity, and it’s power to bring people together, much like the gold tinted lacquer used in traditional kintsugi, binding between once shattered pieces. But maybe most importantly, it's fun!”
- Tanner Irwin
Written, produced, and mixed by Soup Lips aka Tanner Irwin
Mastered by Mindex.
Artwork by Max Ligema