The song was write in 2018 after the pair met whilst Gia Margaret was supporting Novo Amor’s headline North American tour, marking the release of his debut album ‘Birthplace’ which is out now on AllPoints. Acoustic in nature, ‘No Fun’ epitomise the sweetness and fragility found in both musicians’ solo work. Melodically sparse, the tracks are an intimate moment in time. Speaking about how their collaboration came about, Novo Amor’s Ali Lacey recalls:
Gia and I met in Atlanta last November. It was raining, a lot. We spent the first weeks of winter travelling around the country, playing shows together, recognising our creative likeness and just becoming friends. ‘No Fun’ and ‘Lucky For You’ were written and recorded together over a long weekend at my home studio in Wales. We saw a bridge across our usual geographical divide and said “hey, let’s make some music!”. It feels almost against our nature to try and explain this. We had no preconceptions. We just love music, the process of making it, how it can make you feel and what it can do for people. I think it’s just something that we wanted to share.
I don’t know what happened
To the Old Town
Like the shadow of my mother
In the background
It’s not enough to know
It’s not enough anymore
Every step that I took
Was a bad one
With the shadow of my father
Having no fun
It’s not enough to know
It’s not enough anymore
It’s not enough to know
What that caused
I don’t know how I’ll change
What I can’t say
With the shadow of my brother
I was a mistake
It’s not enough to know
It’s not enough anymore
It’s not enough to know
What that caused
What that caused
