Alice Boyd’s music video for “Separation” as interpreted by Studio Gruff takes the song and renders its minimalistic choir of voices into flashes and streams of color on a dark field, like gentle fireworks. But as the song progresses and Boyd’s voice comes to the fore we see a progression of images of life taking to land from a primordial sea and evolving rapidly in beautiful alien forms that become those more familiar to us today. In the lyrics Boyd references the Cambrian age and how it was there before us but as such is our predecessor in the continuum of cosmic and earthly dynamics that is life and its impacts on and interactions with the environment and its own various manifestations. The song with its sharp and playful rhythms and creative use of voice as both a percussive and melodic element is a manifestation of the knowledge of that interconnectedness making the song high concept art pop that fans of Rubblebucket, Laurie Anderson and Tune-Yards will appreciate. Watch the video for “Separation” on YouTube and follow Alice Boyd at the links below where you can find a route to listen to the rest of Boyd’s newly released EP From The Understory which dropped on digital and vinyl on April 21, 2023.
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