Maple Glider / To Enjoy is the Only Thing (LP | 2021) Physical CD

Maple Glider is the new project of solo artist Tori Zietsch (Peach with a Z). In the singer-songwriter tradition, the music is centred around the lyrics, exploring intimate themes and often serving as a self-catharsis. Offsetting the heavy-nature of some of the words, Maple Glider herself is humorous, fabulous and warm. Find her on instagram for her lovable self.

Brought up in a restrictive religious household, Zietsch relocated to Melbourne, spent some years overseas, and returned with a SoundCloud account (literally) full of demos. She’d experienced heavy loneliness abroad, but it was during that time that she entered a pool of self-reflection. The resulting songs relate to working through her experience as a child raised in religion, and the years she spent trying to extract that from her identity.. but many are also about love and relationships - the end of, middle of, confusion of.

And, in her words..
"This is what the album looks like to me:
Walking past tinsel covered trees in mid-September, swimming along the calanques in the south of France, car-bonnet frost, darkness at 4pm, lightness until 10pm, a muted feeling, the perpetual grey fog that swallows the Silver Coast, the colour red, this ugly green dress, red wine, red blood, red lips, red is the colour of the cardinal’s robe, Switzerland, my mother’s diaries, a coroner’s report, the sun on my face, the end of love, “To enjoy is the only thing. BTCH$”."

Based in Brighton abroad in the UK was where Zietsch experienced heavy loneliness. But it was during this time that she entered a pool of self-reflection. She returned to Melbourne late 2019 with a soundcloud literally full of demos. She enlisted Tom Iansek (Big Scary / #1 Dads / The Paper Kites / Hockey Dad) to record, mix and produce the first batch of songs she was ready to get down. During the shared time spent at Pieater’s studio BellBird with Iansek, the wider team got to fully appreciate the wonderful artistry and beauty of Maple Glider, and welcomed her to the Pieater family.

released June 25, 2021

Credits:

All songs written and arranged by Tori Zietsch and Tom Iansek.
All songs produced and mixed by Tom Iansek at BellBird Studio.
Mastered by Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound, NYC. Compiled by John Ruberto at Mastersound, Naarm/Melbourne.

Contributing Artists:

Drums/Percussion performed by Jim Rindfleish on ‘As Tradition’, ‘Swimming’, ‘Friend’, ‘Good Thing’ and ‘Performer’.
Backing vocals performed by Tom Iansek on ‘Baby Tiger’ and ‘View From This Side’.
Acoustic guitar performed by Tom Iansek on ‘As Tradition’ and ‘Be Mean, It’s Kinder Than Crying’.
Piano, bass, and synth performed by Tom Iansek on ‘As Tradition’, ‘Swimming’, ‘View From This Side’, ‘Friend’, ‘Good Thing’, ‘Baby Tiger’ and ‘Performer’.
Electric guitar performed by Tom Iansek on ‘Good Thing’.
Backing vocals and Piano performed by Daniel Pinkerton on ‘Mama It’s Christmas’.