Lorraine is the third country single from Illawarra-based singer/songwriter, Tania Nichamin, out now across digital platforms.
Lorraine is an alt country track, written by Tania Nichamin (vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar), and produced by Michael Carpenter (drums, electric guitar, bass, piano, mandolin and banjo), about a fictional character who is living (barely) in an abusive marriage.
Tania explains the story behind the song (and forthcoming music video), “Lorraine wakes one morning (just like she does every other morning) to see her bruises, “the blue, the black, the red, the fingerprints around her neck and those cuts all over her head”. Only, on this day, Lorraine decides to change her destiny and plans to shoot her husband, because if she doesn’t, he will kill her…only to find after plotting his murder and awaiting her husband’s return, with a shotgun in her hand, the police arrive. Lorraine quickly goes and puts the gun back under the bed and runs to the door to find the police taking off their hats, informing Lorraine her husband has been found shot dead. Lorraine, in shock, cannot believe that he’s gone from her life, for good. Lorraine closes the door and relishes in the relief and the joy that she no longer has to live a life with him. And with the twist at the end, to realise at the funeral when all the farmers take off their hats out of respect for the deceased, one man, farmer John does not remove his hat. Instead, he looks at her and tips his hat toward her, to acknowledge he knows and he’s taken care of it. It is at this moment Lorraine realises John killed him. And as John turns and walks away, Lorraine is now free.”
Tania has dedicated the song to 21-year-old, Mackenzie Anderson, of Newcastle, NSW. Mackenzie was murdered last year by her ex-boyfriend. Despite having an AVO, she was murdered anyway, in the presence of her 1-year-old son.
“Australia needs to do better,” says Tania. “Just fourteen weeks in to 2022, Mackenzie marked the 14th female victim of domestic violence murdered that year. The count of dead women this year so far (August, 2023) is already 34.”
Tania presents the song and forthcoming music video (video release date to come), with the hope it will shine a light on this issue and let women and men know, they are not alone.
“Enough is enough, Australia, we need change,” concludes Tania.
Stream Lorraine via:
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/tanianichamin/lorraine