Singer/songwriter Alice Hasen‘s new EP is called Dream of Rain. “The EP explores themes of climate change and mental health,” she says.
For the first single, “Hold Still,” Hasen incorporated strings into her folk rock sound. “With dreamy vocals, it explores themes of denialism, evoking a perfect world where nothing is wrong. One listener described it as, ‘What an angel would sing to me as I die.'”
Nolan Dean directed and shot the video, which features Hasen’s guitarist Walt Busby as a musician who tries to summon the muse (played by Hasen) in his attic. “She quickly overtakes him, sending him into a trance where he imagines a dream world,” says Hasen. “The group scenes were filmed on Buck Island on the Mississippi River, and feature friends from both the Memphis community and the Mississippi Delta community, hailing from Helena, Arkansas, and Clarksdale, Mississippi. Having lived in Clarksdale for four years, I was grateful to incorporate folks from both communities, and also to film in such a special and otherworldly setting. The water level was at a record low, making for huge expanses of beach and sky.”
Here’s the world premiere of “Hold Still.”
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