Carving raw emotional outpourings into lush beds of entwining melodies, interlaced with heavy drums and a powerful chorus, Seavera‘s new single City tells the aftermath of being let down by a lover.
Split into equal measures of anger, blame and desperation, City sees vocalist and songwriter Tori pour waves of feeling into the study of a physical relationship she had hoped would evolve.
“I remember being made to feel as if I was just an object committed to a function versus an equal human being worthy of connection.” Explains Tori, “It’s an incredibly debilitating thing to feel objectified during sex. The sad reality is that when it happened, I began to realise that the event was just one fragment in a string of experiences I’d had just like this.”
Dan adds; “Initially I was drawn in by the power and intensity of the chorus, but I later grew to appreciate an intimacy that felt much softer. We went through many different versions of this song, at first exploring the more explosive aspects of the lyrics with heavy drums and raging synth lines, but in the end conceding that a few simple guitar chords weighed heavier than thicker beds and complicated melodies. It was this sparseness that laid backdrop to the naked confessional that is City.”
Listen to City below
