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'''''Four Feet in the Forest''''' is an [[extended play]] (EP) by Australian singer songwriter [[Ziggy Alberts]] and released in May 2016. The EP was certified platinum in Australia in December 2019.

The EP explores social and environmental issues whilst highlighting Alberts' own journey and pressure to maintain health whilst developing his music career. Alberts told This is Radelaide "Every song on this record took months to write, till I got the subliminal/literal descriptive balance I envisioned. When I wrote the title track, 'Four Feet in the Forest', it was a real breakthrough song for me, personally - because I discovered a new maturity in creative description: and also began to lean less to writing about personal relationships with women in my life, and instead, emotion encapsulated in human form."<ref name="Radelaide">{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisradelaide.com.au/rad-life/2016/5/25/interview-ziggy-alberts|title=Interview: ZIGGY ALBERTS |publisher=This is Radelaide|date=25 May 2016 |accessdate=27 December 2019}}</ref>

==Track listing==
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| title1 = Start Over
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| length1 = 3:41

| title2 = Tell Me (The Hoddevik Song)
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| length2 = 4:16

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| title4 = Better Off
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== Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|title=Four Feet in the Forest|artist=Ziggy Alberts|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=2016|certyear=2019|accessdate=27 December 2019}}
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==Release history==
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| Australia
| 9 May 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/four-feet-in-the-forest-ep/1377204689|title=Four Feet in the Forest EP (DD)|website=Apple Music Australia|accessdate=21 January 2019}}</ref>
| {{flat list|
*[[Music download|digital download]]
*[[Music streaming|streaming]]
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| CommonFolk Records
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:2016 EPs]]
[[Category:Indie pop EPs]]
[[Category:EPs by Australian artists]]

Revision as of 08:51, 29 December 2019

Four Feet in the Forest
EP by
Released9 May 2016 (2016-05-09)
LabelCommonFolk Records
Ziggy Alberts chronology
Land & Sea
(2014)
Four Feet in the Forest
(2016)
Laps Around the Sun
(2018)
Singles from Four Feet in the Forest
  1. "Runaway"
    Released: 9 October 2015
  2. "Four Feet in the Forest"
    Released: May 2016

Four Feet in the Forest is an extended play (EP) by Australian singer songwriter Ziggy Alberts and released in May 2016. The EP was certified platinum in Australia in December 2019.

The EP explores social and environmental issues whilst highlighting Alberts' own journey and pressure to maintain health whilst developing his music career. Alberts told This is Radelaide "Every song on this record took months to write, till I got the subliminal/literal descriptive balance I envisioned. When I wrote the title track, 'Four Feet in the Forest', it was a real breakthrough song for me, personally - because I discovered a new maturity in creative description: and also began to lean less to writing about personal relationships with women in my life, and instead, emotion encapsulated in human form."[1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Start Over"3:41
2."Tell Me (The Hoddevik Song)"4:16
3."Runaway"4:33
4."Better Off"5:36
5."Four Feet in the Forest"3:34

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[2] Platinum 70,000

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Australia 9 May 2016[3] CommonFolk Records

References

  1. ^ "Interview: ZIGGY ALBERTS". This is Radelaide. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2019 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Four Feet in the Forest EP (DD)". Apple Music Australia. Retrieved 21 January 2019.