My Life As A Moth Shares ‘Closer To Earth’ Video from ‘The Parade of the Starlet & the Broken Hearted’
East London-based, Swedish-born artist My Life As A Moth has shared a new video for ‘Closer To Earth’, taken from her album, ‘The Parade of the Starlet & the Broken Hearted’.
The release also accompanies the announcement of an extended deluxe edition of the album. Moving between post-punk, art pop, experimental rock and industrial electronics, ‘Closer To Earth’ is one of the record’s most atmospheric pieces.
Processed vocals and spacious electronic textures gradually give way to syncopated drums and sharp guitar lines. The arrangement remains unsettled throughout, moving between intimacy and tension without settling into one fixed shape.
“‘Closer To Earth’ is a song inspired by the soul’s journey into the material plane and the experience of having one foot in each world,” explains Sofia, the artist behind My Life As A Moth. “The music video was an effort to reflect on what is real, perceived or an illusion, as we are tethered to different realities. It drew influence from the philosophy of Plato’s cave.”
The visual was developed with creative director and set designer Alex Kim, with videography and editing by Enyon. Its imagery continues the project’s interest in perception, symbolism and the uncertain boundary between reality and imagination.
My Life As A Moth began during lockdown after Sofia found a dead moth between the keys of an old keyboard. The discovery inspired a song of the same name and eventually became the foundation for the wider project.
‘The Parade of the Starlet & the Broken Hearted’ was written during a period of personal change and therapy. Its 12 songs deal with trauma, manipulation, coercive control and gaslighting, but also with resilience and the attempt to regain clarity. Personal experiences are filtered through surreal characters and recurring images rather than presented as straightforward autobiography.
Produced by Keir Adamson and Ellie Mason of Voka Gentle, with additional engineering by Ben Christopher, the album makes use of both conventional instrumentation and sounds created from everyday objects. Radiators, shelves, bags of lentils and pieces of percussion were recorded and reshaped into part of its sonic landscape.
“Making music for me can feel like untangling a ball of yarn in my head and knitting something out of it,” says Sofia.
My Life As A Moth will perform at Dublin Castle in London on 12 August.
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