Single: Gravediggress Single Release: February 13, 2013

Single: Gravediggress
Single Release: February 13, 2013
On February 13, 2013, American duo CocoRosie aka sisters Sierra and
Bianca Casady release a track from their upcoming album, ʻTales of a Grass
Widow.ʼ
ʻTales Of A Grass Widowʼ is the fifth album from the cross-disciplinary
performance artists, now signed to City Slang for European release on May
24, 2013 (Germany) / May 27, 2013 (Rest of Europe/UK).
Entitled “Gravediggress” the song is representative of the albumʼs theme:
transformative ecstasy in the face of harmful neglect. It tells the story of an
imagined conversation between an abandoned child and an outcast old
woman. The young girl asks the Gravediggress to bury her love in the ground
for safekeeping - “Gravediggress dig me a hole I can bury, all of my love in,
all of my holy.” With a wistful pump organ introduction, Bianca imparts the
entreating childʼs words, and Sierra, in haltering, but clear tones sings for the
old woman. Their voices blend and overlap, suggesting the woman and child
are the same person. Simple piano chords accompany their vocals, with
chimes and a marching drum rhythm composed of beat box from
CocoRosieʼs longtime collaborator, Tez.
Single:
„Gravediggress”
From the Album
„Tales Of A Grass Widow“
Out: 27.05.2013
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Produced in association with‪ Valgeir Sigurðsson‬, ʻTales of a Grass Widowʼ
features eleven songs and, in keeping with prior compositions, synthesizes
electronic and organic music conveying a compelling futuristic, return-tonature sound. Further details of the album are to be announced soon.
Now in their 10th year, the sisterʼs continue to find expression in progressively
ambitious projects, which expand beyond writing, recording and touring their
own music. In 2012, they choreographed “Nightshift,” a dance production and
“Soul Life,” an opera both staged at the Donau Festival in Krems. Bianca
held a solo exhibition of her artwork in NYC and the sisters performed at
Londonʼs Meltdown Festival curated by their friend and sometime collaborator
Antony Hegarty.
This spring, along with theatre director Robert Wilson the duo unveil their
work on a production of “Peter Pan” by the Berliner Ensemble and will be
performing in Paris under the curation of Laurie Anderson.
Later this year Bianca Casady launches ʻGirls Against Godʼ - an arts and
letters print publication. Linked to this project, Bianca and Sierra Casady
have founded the Future Feminists with Antony Hegarty and performance
artists Kembra Pfahler and Johanna Constantine. The groupʼs platform is to
“free society and protect the planet from the corrosive effects of patriarchal
belief systems”. The songs in ʻTales of a Grass Widow,ʼ touch on
CocoRosieʼs personal response to the groupʼs feminist mission.
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