Blue Vow is the project of Cape Town-based artist Chelsea Ann Peter, who is gearing up for the release of her new album, Death of a Big Black Dog.
Ahead of its release Peter has shared one of its lead singles, “Some Kind of Suicide.” The track captures a cinematic sense of ethereal haunted darkness, like taking a stroll through an empty city during the dead of night. It captures elements of artists such as Portishead, PJ Harvey and Aldous Harding, summoning a specific energy that is unique within itself.
Detailing the creation of the song, Peter adds:
While roaming the streets of Berlin in pursuit of satisfying a good cup of coffee and a sandwich, the words “some kind of suicide” emerged in my thoughts. Uncertain of the significance of those four words but drawn to them, I wrote them down.
Months later back home in Cape Town, while soaking in the history of the Salem Witch Trials and engrossed in the lore surrounding ancient Greek deities (namely Artemis and Hekate), I found myself reflecting on personal experiences, as well as disturbing headlines of violence against woman-identifying bodies. Deeply affected by what was moving within me, I wove a song beginning with a feeling, after which emerged a drone, a synth and then came a vision. Welling up from a pool of injustice, those four words that revealed themselves months ago had settled in their place.
‘Some Kind of Suicide’ celebrates the lives of and grieves the loss of woman-identifying bodies whose light and being was (and continues to be) extinguished by the hands of men. Though never forgetting, the song refuses to dwell in victimhood, choosing instead to transmute that pain into something potent and empowering.
Enjoy a listen now below.
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