Never So Red
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Never So Red challenges out of date and harmful narratives and stereotypes, in traditional music and in everyday life. Women are not responsible for men’s projected feelings and don’t deserve to be punished for them. Women are powerful and wise, not voiceless victims. Sexual violence happens and should be called out, not swept under the rug. Chasing and pressure is not the way to go about love and sex. Expression of love and sexuality should be free for everyone.
I’m also unashamedly bringing together my love for electronic music and my love for traditional music. Never So Red is packed with all sorts of sounds: mega synth riffs with four on the floor kick, hazily manipulated vocal textures and rhythms, straight up trad fiddle, smooth synth bass, lo-fi elements, bare, acoustic pizzicato and raw, vulnerable vocals.
The name of the EP, never so red, comes from the lyrics of Lucy Wan, where Lucy’s brother and murderer tries to escape the blame and pass off Lucy’s blood as the blood of a dog or a mare. His mother sees through his lies straight away and says ‘the greyhound/grey mare’s blood is never so red’. This speaks so much about the perceptions of women’s experiences and the skewing of these perceptions by those who want to diminish women’s voices. Often truths that women live are belittled or censored by people in power. Things that women go through are often called taboo and not talked about. This is isolating and can make women feel like their experiences and feelings aren’t valid. I don’t want to perpetuate this in the music I sing. I want to challenge harmful stereotypes and narratives. I want to empower people with my music, those in the songs and those listening to them.
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