![]() It’s a rich, complex album that unfolds more with each listen. She’s writing about the quieter ways storms can visit our lives, and all the destruction and renewal that comes with that.Īhead of the album’s arrival, we caught up with Wasner, who walked us through the inspirations and themes of each song on Head Of Roses. But what makes it so powerful in the context of Wasner’s work is how she is now grappling with elemental, eternal human struggles through music that is emotionally raw but aesthetically subtler than some of the great cathartic Wye Oak moments of the past. The album is - as you might expect - strikingly beautiful throughout. Head Of Roses presents a slightly older, ever so slightly wiser Wasner, a woman exiting a strange and tumultuous time with a completely altered idea of herself. But along the way she does lean into a comparatively stripped-down approach, singing over guitar or piano with only a few accompaniments or embellishments. In tracing the arc and decline of a relationship as well as stages of grief, it makes room for seething yet matured rock songs like “Price Of Blue” alongside strange yet infectious pop songs like “Two.” There are moments of transportive, dreamlike melodies. That is not to say Head Of Roses is all one mood. In an effort to speak more openly, Wasner’s come out with perhaps the most direct set of music she’s yet released. But something about Head Of Roses feels different. Wasner’s music has never shied away from delving into the deepest and most mysterious corners of human emotion. Wasner’s new album Head Of Roses arose from great heartbreak, processing that loss within the isolation of the pandemic, and the resulting seismic shifts she felt in her own perception and identity. In that sense, Like So Much Desire was a fitting introduction to this new era of Flock Of Dimes. Like So Much Desire suggested we were in for a very different Flock Of Dimes - it was an intimate, reflective, spare collection of songs. In the years since, Wasner’s proved that both of her projects are malleable, that neither is about certain stylistic constraints. Once upon a time, Flock Of Dimes was viewed as a synthier, poppier counterpart to Wye Oak but then, that wasn’t all that removed from Wye Oak’s own turn in that direction with Shriek. and in Europe will receive the Loser edition on Magenta vinyl (while supplies last).Last year, Jenn Wasner announced the revival of her solo project Flock Of Dimes in exciting fashion: Newly signed to Sub Pop, she reappeared with a surprise EP called Like So Much Desire amidst details that she was already in the studio recording a new Flock Of Dimes album. LP preorders through, and select independent retailers in North America will receive the limited Loser edition on peach swirl vinyl (while supplies last). ![]() ‘Head of Roses’ is now available for preorder through Sub Pop. I think what we made captures the spirit of the song perfectly-the sense of delight and wonder at the absurd beauty of everyday life, and the true moments of spontaneous joy that can erupt in those rare moments when you catch a glimpse of yourself the way others see you.” “I made this video with an incredible team of generous and talented people, including some very dear old friends. And it’s about struggling to feel at home in a body, and learning how to accept that the projection of self that you show to others will always be incomplete. It’s about trying to reconcile the desire to maintain a sense of personal autonomy and freedom with the need to connect deeply with others. Wasner elaborates: “’Two’ is about trying to find a kind of balance between independence and interdependence, and the multitudes within ourselves. ![]() By exploring dichotomies (natural/artificial, day/night, everyday/majestic) the work points to the pain caused by categorization and the joy of unification.” In the middle of the day they meet and the next day begins. One human lives her life from morning to night, the other from night to morning. Directors Pierson and Arrison offer this on the video’s specific theme: “The world of the video shows two humans during three consecutive days.
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