Claire Cronin Announces New Album The Bruise: Hear “Black Water”
Claire Cronin is the author of the 2020 book Blue Light Of The Screen , about her obsession with horror movies and supernatural imagery, and she's also a singer-songwriter who makes uneasy folk music that's inspired by doom metal and drone. It's been a while since we've heard from Cronin, but she's about to return with her new LP The Bruise , her follow-up to 2021's Bloodless . The post Claire…
Claire Cronin, author of the 2020 book Blue Light Of The Screen and singer-songwriter, is set to release her new album The Bruise on 10/9 via Orindal Records/A Moth Object. The Bruise is a follow-up to 2021's Bloodless. Cronin and her husband and collaborator Ezra Buchla, formerly of Mae Shi and Gowns, recorded the album predominantly at their Berkeley home, with occasional studio sessions in Oakland and LA.
The album features contributions from various musicians, including Julia Holter and Deerhoof's John Dieterich. The lead single, "Black Water," is a six-minute acoustic folk song that explores eerie, uncanny imagery and Cronin's personal experiences, including the harrowing events of giving birth to her second child. The song's chorus of harmonizing voices was a crucial element in its creation, adding an ethereal quality to the track.
Cronin's lyrics grapple with themes of inherited pain and the uncertainty of a spiritual beyond, encapsulated by the repetition of symbols marigold, tiger's eye, and baby cry.
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