Hannah has been writing music since her second year of high school and also began teaching herself to play piano during that time. She continued to write for several years before building a studio and recording her debut EP, Soul Poison (1998).
Since then, Hannah's output has been erratic in quantity but consistent in quality. She has released two full-length albums as well as a handful of singles and EPs, all receiving high praise from the music press. Hannah's now-out-of-print album The Thing That Feels (2000) featured several songs inspired by Gregory Maguire's novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. (Pre-dating the Broadway musical by several years.) The Thing That Feels also included "The Vampire Waltz," which is the first song Hannah ever wrote, as well as other songs all linked by the theme revealed in the title.
A few years later, as a result of a generous donation by an anonymous listener, Hannah made a video for her song "Carnival Justice (The Gloves Are Off) Part II." The video, directed by Chris Ohlson, featured puppets created by renowned Ohio artist, puppetmaster and sculptor Scott Radke. The video appeared on the Subterfuge EP (2005).
Hannah's covers of other artists' songs have also been well-received. The Meathook EP (2001) featured what one reviewer called a "soul-shredded" version of ABBA's "The Winner Takes It All," as well as Hannah's versions of Berlin's "The Metro" and Daniel Johnston's "True Love WIll Find You in the End." Hannah also collaborated with The Synthetic Dream Foundation to create "Trapeze" -- the music was composed by TSDF, with vocals, lyrics and vocal melody by Hannah.
Hannah's most recent release is Through the Gash (2007), an album that has been called "a masterwork in minimalism and stark beauty" (Absolute Punk) and "seductive and breathtaking from the start" (Gothic Beauty). Hannah writes, produces, engineers, and performs everything on her CDs. And, contrary to popular opinion, she uses no sequencing whatsoever. With the exception of drum tracks, all of the instruments and vocals are recorded and layered in real time, not looped or electronically generated or duplicated. Even the drum tracks, which are programmed using a drum machine, are painstakingly hand-altered, with some beats being dropped and others reversed in entirely specific ways.
Hannah is known for her intensely layered production and complex vocal arrangements. Her vocals, which have been likened to "wraiths filling the screen of a Tim Burton film" (High Bias), often move from clearly sung phrases and high, tremulous keening to whispered and spoken words, to vicious hisses and screams -- sometimes within the confines of a single song. The subjects and lyrics in Hannah's songs have a tendency to be obscure and metaphorical, often causing listeners to mistake her work for being fictional. In fact, Hannah classifies her music as entirely autobiographical, although not overtly so, and insists that it is actually magical realism, not fantasy, and definitely not theater. Hannah has said that she uses music to transform troubling feelings and experiences into something positive and hopeful, and that writing has served as a mechanism to work through and mend things in her life. It may take careful listening to hear all the various layers of sound and meaning, but devout listeners consistently claim that it is worth the trouble.
Hannah loves flowers, rap music and snow days, and is often distracted by bright and/or shiny objects and the perceived scarcity of cotton candy, but she says that the only thing that actually inspires her to create music is love.
Since 2020 Hannah has been releasing new digital-only music on her Bandcamp page.
Hannah has been interviewed here:
http://www.muruch.com/2007/08/interview-hannah-fury.html
http://www.adequacy.net/2008/05/interview-with-hannah-fury/
http://www.mellowtraumatic.com/images/the_mick_40_hfury_excerpt.pdf
http://vmunderground2.podomatic.com/entry/2007-08-21T00_31_49-07_00
Hannah's offical web sites are http://www.mellowtraumatic.com, http://www.antoinettesrevenge.com, and her MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/hannahfury
Hannah's Bandcamp page, with a name-your-price download of her 2015 single 'Not Sad' and all her new music since 2020 https://hannahfury.bandcamp.com
For more "information," go to:
http://www.mellowtraumatic.com/diversions_HannahBio.html
Scars
Hannah Fury Lyrics
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Violets, roses, thistles and vines
Remember me, I am still here
He was not a true love of mine
He was not a true love of mine
He was not a true love of mine
Please don't go to Scarborough Fair
Don't forget me, I still care
He was not a true love of mine
Follow me to Scarborough Fair
Clovers, lilacs, jokers and thieves
Remember me, I do not need
He was not a true love of mine
He was not a true love of mine
Please don't go
Please don't go
Follow me
Follow me
Twist it and turn it around
Kick dust upon it 'til it eats the ground
Love is something to break down
Make it scream 'til you get sick of the sound
Make it scream 'til you get sick of the sound
Make it scream 'til you get sick of
I'm so sick of the sound
The song Scars by Hannah Fury is a haunting interpretation of the traditional ballad Scarborough Fair. While the original ballad invites a lover to complete a series of tasks to prove their love, Fury's version instead pleads with the lover not to go to Scarborough Fair, as the singer still cares for them despite the fact that they were not a "true love." Throughout the song, Fury weaves together images of love and death, using contrasting symbols such as violets and poison, roses and oakwood, and clovers and thieves to create a sense of unease and grief.
In the chorus, Fury repeats the line "he was not a true love of mine" several times, emphasizing the emotional distance between herself and the lover. However, the final lines of the song shift in tone, with Fury urging the listener to "make it scream 'til you get sick of the sound." This line hints at a deeper frustration or anger beneath the surface of her grief, perhaps suggesting that the singer has been hurt by this lover before and is now ready to scream back.
Line by Line Meaning
Please don't go to Scarborough Fair
Please don't forget about me and move on with your life
Violets, roses, thistles and vines
These are reminders of our relationship, please don't forget them
Remember me, I am still here
I still care about you and our relationship, even if it's over
He was not a true love of mine
Our relationship was not genuine, it wasn't a true love
Honey, poison, oakwood and wine
These are the sweet and bitter memories of our time together
Follow me to Scarborough Fair
Let's revisit the past and the memories we shared
Clovers, lilacs, jokers and thieves
These are the things we encountered in our past and our relationship
Remember me, I do not need
Even if you forget me, I'm still here and I don't need your validation
Please don't go
Please stay with me and remember our love
Follow me
Let's go back to the past and remember our love
Twist it and turn it around
Let's examine our love and the experiences we had together
Kick dust upon it 'til it eats the ground
Let's forget about our love and move on from it
Love is something to break down
Love can be destroyed and broken
Make it scream 'til you get sick of the sound
Let's experience and feel the pain of our lost love until it becomes unbearable
Make it scream 'til you get sick of the sound
The repetition of this line emphasizes the intense feelings of pain and longing for lost love
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