VENUS GRRRLS release new music video for ‘Eighteen Crows’
VENUS GRRRLS have released a new music video!
The new music video, for the track Eighteen Crows, is the brand new single from the Leeds/Newcastle-based alternative rock band and follows on from their previous single, Darla, which was released back in August last year. The release of the new single coms ahead of a short run of UK and Ireland shows, which kicks off in April.
“More than anything, Eighteen Crows comes from a recurring fantasy I had while sick, where I wished not necessarily for death, but for a different life,” vocalist GK says about the early conception of the track. “I developed a real fascination with the crows that appeared outside the hospital windows, given the symmetry of my ill health and the association of crows with death, and longed to be one of them instead of myself. I loved the idea that by becoming a crow, I could let go from a body that ultimately had failed to become liberated in a form that had power and freedom in its physicality. This fantasy was a consolation for me during that time and made up many of my fever dreams in the small hours.
While playing around with a slight variation of an Open G tuning, I found some really striking open chords that kick started some lyrics. Before I knew it, I’d written the verse and pre-chorus. I knew then, even when it was bare bones, that it would mean a lot. The girls then worked their magic on it, and we took into a writing session with Max Helyer at Numen Studios. That’s when we found the chorus and it really came together.
We had lots of discussions about the footprint we wanted to leave sonically; lots of HOLE, PJ HARVEY, and GARBAGE were channelled in that session. I think it’s the first time since recovering from being ill that I felt grateful for the atrocity of it all, because I knew that this song would never have existed had I not been ill. Ironically a song about crows has proven to be symbolic of a rising phoenix for myself and the girls, it’s deeply special to us.”
Watch the official music video for Eighteen Crows here:
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