“The songs themselves are a study of proximity, bringing big fears into small spaces,” says Jenny, reflecting on the album. It was a sudden move at the time - a spontaneous departure from touring, bustling city life, being many things to many people - that landed Jenny in a space of self-imposed stillness. She was living in a brownstone walk-up full of radiant light and the ever-present soundscape of a leaky bath faucet. “I wrote the album in a tiny apartment, at a time when everything felt big and overwhelming,” says poet and songwriter Jenny Berkel about her new album, These Are the Sounds Left from Leaving. MORE ABOUT THESE ARE THE SOUNDS LEFT FROM LEAVING The song was written while thinking about truth-telling, the importance of accuracy in language, and the effects of mis- and disinformation we wanted the video to somehow evoke the feeling and effect of lies while also conveying the feeling of a need for escape.” WATCH / SHARE “KALEIDOSCOPE” HERE Throughout the video, the television screens broadcast different, often more vulnerable versions of me, as well as footage of the figure, who gradually comes closer and closer. “The surreal and ethereal figure in the video is played by Mads Higgins (they/them), a performance and movement artist who swirls around the room-and around me-in a series of graceful and eerie poses. “Meg came up with the idea of setting it in a steadily shrinking room full of old televisions,” says Berkel. Like Berkel’s previous single, “You Think You’re Like The Rain”, this video was also directed by Meg Hubley (they/she) and filmed by Nicole Cecile Holland (she/her), both of Phyllis Rising Productions. The video for “Kaleidoscope” was filmed at Halifax’s indoor theatre for Shakespeare by the Sea. “I wanted the sound of ‘Kaleidoscope’ to match that feeling.” "In recent years, we’ve been so overtly bombarded by disinformation and misinformation, creating what feels like a kaleidoscope of chaos,” says Berkel. Swirling strings by Colin Nealis (Andy Shauf) counteract the tight underlying groove of the song, adding to a kaleidoscopic effect. This May, Jenny Berkel will release These Are the Sounds Left from Leaving courtesy of Outside Music and today the celebrated musicians is sharing another new track from album, “Kaleidoscope”, a dissonant and poetic consideration of the importance of care and precision in language, both in the broader political landscape and in intimate emotional ways. Photo Credit : Rima Sater // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES
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