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Following on from an impactful run of releases these last few years, Irish artist Sister Ghost is back once again to offer up her vibrant new single 'Dark Matter'.
Lifted from her forthcoming debut album 'Beyond The Water', which is out on the 31st October, 'Dark Matter' sees her returning to that euphoric shoegaze-inspired energy she is known for. With its riveting textures and soaring hooks layered throughout, she is certainly looking to turn some heads with this one.
Speaking about “Dark Matter”, she said, “Dark Matter is one of my favourites from the album, it’s bittersweet and nostalgic and it’s where the album title is lifted from. Musically it’s influenced by some of my favourite big-sounding 80s bands like Simple Minds, Tears for Fears, The Call etc.
“I wrote the lyrics for this song after being moved to tears watching the French film ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ by Céline Sciamma, as I really felt it echoed some of my own queer experiences. That’s also why there’s some French in the bridge section of the song, which translates to ‘my love, she glows in the fire’.
“The chorus phrase ‘dark matter, pour over me’ just came to me out of nowhere, and when I looked into it I found that dark matter in science is defined as being unseen or invisible, so then it made sense to me to use it as a device to convey the alienation and sadness queer people feel when they have to hide their true selves or walk away from relationships due to queer-specific circumstance.”
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