Bonnie Stewart drops her new new single, ‘Barbara’ from her upcoming album Energetic Mind.
Commenting on themes that inspired ‘Barbara’, Stewart says: “This track was inspired by re-watching the original 1968 Night of the Living Dead at a household movie night. I love zombie movies. I noticed how the main woman’s character was a weak crumbling mess that was almost completely useless in the chaos that was happening. Meanwhile the men were pulling it together and saving everyone. This sort of inequality is typical of this era I guess, but is still annoying! Anyway the song is mostly told from Barbara’s perspective…”
“I often find inspiration from watching movies and I think I wrote most of this song right after watching this! I like how the loops and noise at the end feel like you’re being surrounded and swallowed up by something. I love the cello parts in this track. Freya Schack-Arnott has a real knack for textures and creepy sounds as well as creating beautiful and sorrowful lines.”
The album’s lead single ‘Ice Cream’ (also out now) picked up international radio plays from Amazing Radio, Triple J, FBi Radio, and RTRFM, with press coverage from The Line of Best Fit, CLASH, Crack in The Road, For The Rabbits, Nialler 9, Tone Deaf, Everything Is Noise, A Closer Listen, Overdrive Magazine, and a whole host more.
Energetic Mind is released 6th September 2019 via Small Pond Records (UK) and Art As Catharsis (AUS).
