Flock Of Dimes has shared another single from her upcoming album.
Introspective and emotive, Defeat combines atmospheric synths and guitars as the third preview of 'The Life You Save', due out on October 10 via Sub Pop.
The song arrives with a video directed by digital artist and animator Sabrina Nichols, with editing by frequent video collaborator Spencer Kelly, who also worked on Jenn Wasner's earlier singles Afraid and Long After Midnight, both featured on the album. Wasner said of Defeat:
"This song represents a moment of total surrender. It’s about the moment I finally allowed myself to accept my own powerlessness, and started the process of learning how to step back and allow others to face the consequences of their actions. It features a moment of melodic counterpoint that became a sort of mantra for myself as I attempted to make my way through this process—I’m inside it, after all. This realization—kindly first introduced to me by someone I love who sees me clearly—was something of a breakthrough for me. Learning to see myself as a part of a dynamic (rather than separate, having escaped) was an important step in changing my own behavior—which is, ultimately, the only real agent of change over which I have any sort of control. Three years after I wrote it, the work continues—I am still working on trying to see myself not as some kind of savior figure, but just another flawed human being, doing her best."
The singer-songwriter and Wye Oak member will embark on a US tour in early November to support her third album. Head here for details. Tickets are on sale now.
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