Madison, Wisconsin-based Synth-pop singer-songwriter heralds her forthcoming first-ever extensive Mid-December tour across Europe in support of Dutch Darkwave act Bragolin, with the new single, “Waiting.”
The first new material since last year’s self-titled album, via Young & Cold Records, also marks a sneak preview of what we might expect sound-wise from the artist in the near future, veering towards a nostalgia for the ’90s and early-2000s Techno and Dance Pop blueprints. The vocal delivery is a kind of bittersweet aching that recalls Sinéad O’Connor as much as it does Boy Harsher and Fiona Apple.
Again tweaked by Maurizio Baggio (The Soft Moon, Boy Harsher) on the mix and Josh Bonati (Adrianne Lenker, The Soft Moon) on the master, the self-produced “Waiting” is accompanied by an equally self-directed music video.
Lyrically, the song sits in that suspended, uncertain moment right before making a change.
“Waiting” unleashes a bouncy, dance-compelling groove of thick, syncopated round bass throbs, charged by thudding hypnotic kicks and tight, punchy snares alongside an entrancement of clattering and flickering bottom ends. At the same time, breathy, sensual vocals, layered with excited, fearful echoes, glide smoothly, surrounded by a pulsing, glowing canopy of intricate, atmospheric synthetic arrangements with a glittering dire, wistful edge, expressing the temptation to run away from a relationship rather than face inner issues.
In the DIY visuals, Carrellee can be seen “Waiting” with different moods against an array of suggestive settings, to seamlessly bring forth the restless, impatient mindset mentioned in the soundtrack. Indoor brooding and pouting combine with flirty, sunshine-laden model poses and time spent lying in the fall foliage outside to stir up a large range of push-pull emotions.
Carrellee will open for Bragolin on all 21 dates across the UK, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Spain, France, and Belgium, throughout mid-December, which will start on November 12 at Glasgow’s Ivory Blacks and mark her first namesake European tour. Tickets are available via this link.
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