‘Howl’ is She Drew The Gun’s first piece of new music since her 2021 album. The track has been released with a video.
Kicking off with a muscular bassline, ‘Howl’ is a direct, focused, politically charged return that sees Louisa Roach (She Drew The Gun) showcase her lyrical skills and myriad musical influences.
She Drew The Gun depicts the new track,“The definition of Howl is to utter a loud profound mournful cry and howling has been used across cultures and time periods in a variety of rituals and practices as a way to connect with others and give rise to primal energy, as well as connect with the spiritual world, honour ancestors, invoke protection, and release emotions.”
She continues, “To me my howl is the thing I do to release emotions and connect, the howl as art form, song, poem, it makes the now, the present moment alive when I share that with those present with me. It’s also about the staggering amount of things that led to ones existence, how part of me, the things that make up my body were there at the beginning of time, the atoms, the elements of our bodies were formed in the hearts of long dead stars over billions of years. Then there’s what all of our ancestors lived through, the magic of consciousness, survival, all of the dangers that wired us the way we are, spirituality, respect for the earth, and I see the way life is organised through this historical understanding, how we got to this point, civilisations, feudalism, colonialism, patriarchal power, the witch hunts and how they were instrumental in the transition to capitalism, the crushing of indigenous traditions and knowledge, all of these histories and institutions shape who I am today, and I mourn for the suffering caused in the pursuit of power, but they can’t touch my soul and I have my howl to connect, release and invoke spiritual energy, most potently in the ritual of live performance.”
See She Drew The Gun live 2024:
24th June Sterrrn Festival, Austria
20th July Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, Dorset
3rd August Mugstock, Perth, Scotland
25th August Future Now Festival, Birkenhead
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