Sleater-Kinney has shared “Untidy Creature,” another single from her upcoming album. small rope.
“Untidy Creature” is slower paced than your average Sleater-Kinney tune, but keeps the energy going with a cacophony of booming electric guitars: “And it feels like we're broken/And I'm holding the pieces so tight/And You can try to tell me that I am nothing/And that I have no wings to fly.”
“'Untidy Creature' was the first song we wrote for small rope, although we didn't know it at the time; “We weren't sure if we were working on another album,” the band said in a press release. “We were also worried that it had been too easy, the song featured two elements that come very naturally to Sleater-Kinney: a big guitar riff and an even bigger vocal. But as the year went by and our choices and bodily autonomy diminished, our feeling about the song changed. It became a gift, a place to put our darkest fears and deepest hopes. “Sometimes we feel trapped or angry and yet we breathe.”
To tie the music video into the song's themes, Sleater-Kinney turned to Australian freediver Amber Bourke, who was holding her breath underwater in a bathtub. “For the video, we wanted images that addressed the themes that permeate small rope: uncertainty, unease, urgency, all the in-between and bewildering states we are forced to reckon with,” the band added. “We love the tension created by an act that defies both custom and comfort.”
Watch the music video for “Untidy Creature” below.
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small rope comes out January 19. So far, Sleater-Kinney has also shared the singles “Hell” and “Say It Like You Mean It.” The band will also tour to promote the album.
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