27 October 2022 - 0 Comments

Kamikaze Angels, Miriam Clancy's first release in three years is a soaring, rousing song, a nod to the 90s through a lens of 2020 clarity. The song oscillates between loud-quiet-loud moments, the chorus rising to a hook, a powerful sing-at-the-top-of-your-lungs moment. Miriam says, "The chorus sings itself, propelling up to a maximum finish. And my beautiful wildling kids sing the last line with me which allows a fleeting childlike approach to the world, as it's always better seen that way. I love this song, it feels naked and alive, primal. And unafraid like pulling a thorn from an angry lion's paw."

Announcing her new album with the release of Kamikaze Angels sets the stage for the subsequent releases leading up to Miriam's new record, Black Heart . "To lead with this song feels like a show of cards, a challenge: it declares how I will proceed to address the dark stuff on my album, the arcs and depths of big feelings and horror," she says.

The video for Kamikaze Angels was filmed around the city in Minneapolis, where there were still palpable pockets of the George Floyd protests, signs and murals on the walls, calling for change. It was heavy and immediate, like being in the eye of a storm.

This sense of uprising and social justice aligned with what Miriam could best channel from growing up as a GenX in New Zealand, from the 1990's - the scene at skateparks.

Miriam says, "I am an average skateboarder myself and love how anti-establishment skating is, so when Rubens de Mello (director) suggested a skatepark, I was down. There is something refreshing and righteous about the 90's alternative scene I came up in that I am thrilled to throw back to; there's a raw approach in the emotion and language of the music that I love. Also, as I'm a Gen X slacker, I am ok with not fitting in, so whatever."

Photo Credit: Winger Brothers

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