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THE INNER REVOLUTION 
SONG LIST: 1. Home (6:16) 2. Bloom (6:31) 3. Still (3:58) 4. Always (8:50) 5. Interlude (2:37) 6. Love (3:34) 7. Spark the Fire (7:43) CONTACT: press@kirafontana.com |
KIRA FONTANA: Full Bio KIRA FONTANA: Bio On her debut album, The Inner Revolution, songstress Kira Fontana triumphs in embracing an emotional rawness without fear, while also exploring a soul-searching mysticism that's undaunted in recognizing life's ever-changing moves. Like Sinead O'Connor and Tori Amos before her, the San Francisco Bay Area-born artist approaches such a task with unshakable power. Welcome to The Inner Revolution. "For me, [The Inner Revolution] is about coming full circle, back to the truth of who you are", Fontana says. "It's about really trusting that inner core above anything outside." For Fontana, finding that place where your creative desires become a tangible realization began as early as five-years-old, when she started playing the piano by ear. Before she reached her teens, she was writing pop songs and classical piano instrumentals. She soon developed an insatiable appetite for all kinds of music, everything from indie rock to Javanese gamelan, and explored the works of minimalist composers Steve Reich and Arvo Pärt. "When I first heard Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians", I was completely blown away," Fontana says. "It was really a life changing moment, and it was then that I knew I would be a composer." An anomaly among alt-rock musicians, Fontana studied classical composition with three Pulitzer prize winning composers before returning to her childhood love of songwriting. Her musical ventures took her the top composition program in the United States, at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, a period Fontana reflects upon as extremely progressive in mastering her craft as a composer. While there, Fontana's music attracted attention with its strong ties to the rock and minimalist idioms, winning composition awards and drawing the praise of two of America's greatest living composers, Steve Reich and John Adams. After four years writing classical instrumental music, Fontana entered Yale for graduate studies as the top composition candidate that year, but soon began to feel that something was missing in her creative life. With stints writing and recording in New Haven, Brooklyn, and Montreal, she finessed her way back to songwriting by composing her first songs since age 13, beginning with a soothing, piano-driven ballad entitled "Still." It was the spiritual refresher she was craving. It's here that Fontana finds her artistic solace as she sings, "I'll come in rogue waves / in deepest silence / all I've ever wanted is to break upon your shore / I'm getting closer / closer to where you are." Fontana, who composed, arranged and produced The Inner Revolution, concisely molds an emotional catharsis with a natural blend of classical tinges and alt-rock leanings. From the haunting guitar riffs and layered strings of "Bloom" and the acoustic soundscapes of "Spark the Fire" to the slow-burning cadence of the near-nine minute epic "Always," Fontana brings both creative and spiritual forces together. It's with an easy spirit that The Inner Revolution defines an authentically expressive, minimalist pop-rock sound that's been simmering beneath mainstream music's genre-blending stratum; the seven-song set is atmospheric, hypnotic and absolutely stunning. Engineer Howard Bilerman (The Arcade Fire, Godspeed You Black Emperor!) mixed The Inner Revolution, while Howie Weinberg (Smashing Pumpkins, Modest Mouse) mastered the collection. Fontana issued the LP on her own Spark the Fire Records. Fontana's music is currently being played on podcasts and online radio stations in Australia, Canada, England, Finland, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Israel, Spain and across the US. The music video for "Bloom" from Brazilian director Andreia Vigo is available via YouTube. ### Bio by MacKenzie Wilson press kit • booking • itunes • cdbaby • amazon  •
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