Sun June is a band from Austin Texas,
Today they dropped the single and music video for Karen O.
The track is taken from the album Somewhere which doesn’t come until February 5, 2021 via Run For Cover/Keeled Scales
Kind of reminds me of Cate le Bon or those beautiful and tragic singer/songwriter dreamy alterna-pop music.
About the song:
“never increasing its glacial pace, the song invites you to stew in the stillness of the scene, creating impact with care, not force. It’s a smart, considered way to set the tone for Somewhere.”
Of the song and video, the band says “‘Karen O’ is one of the only songs they have written that takes place over the course of a single night, and they hope they captured what it feels like when you’re completely worn out but can’t bring yourself to go home and go to sleep.
It’s about the kind of night you let heartache swallow you whole, and you find yourself heading straight toward the things you should be running away from.
The actual Karen O is a hero of ours of course, and in the song she spurs on a lonely night of reflection about what could be versus what can’t.
It covers some of their favorite topics-love, performance, regret, and hereditary drinking problems-and explores how they sometimes choose to heighten grief rather than reduce it.
It also features a voicemail mailbox, which is unfortunate.
They shot the video out on a Texas Hill Country ranch with a spotlight ranchers use to check on cattle at night (very Texas of us). They thought the stage lights and disco ball helped draw out the connection between feeling an emotion and performing it, both for yourself and others. They got lucky and happened to shoot during a lightning storm, so they went full melodrama with it.”
Karen O gets:
/10.
Sun June – Karen O [Music Video]
