Vera Sola shares video for new track ‘The Cage’

VERA SOLA SHARES VIDEO FOR NEW TRACK ‘THE CAGE’

‘THE COLONY’ REMIXED BY ZOLA JESUS

PLAYS SHOW AT LONDON’S SHACKLEWELL ARMS, LE GUESS WHO?FESTIVAL AND A SHOW AT ROUGH TRADE EAST IN NOVEMBER

SHADES OUT 9 NOVEMBER

“Vera Sola is a masterful story-teller that exudes an effortless mystique”
The Line of Best Fit ‘Song of the Day’

“Vera Sola twists the singer-songwriter rulebook in fascinating directions”
DIY ‘Neu Pick’

Watch the video (orchestrated and edited by Vera Sola) here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTA3fhT1W5g

Listen to the Zola Jesus remix of ‘The Colony’ here:
https://soundcloud.com/verasola/vera-sola-colony-zola-jesus-remix

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Vera Sola will release her debut album Shades on 9 November. Though a longtime member of Elvis Perkins’ band, Shades marks her first solo effort. So far she has shared stunning, cinematic videos for lead single ‘Small Minds‘ and ‘The Colony‘. Today she has followed up with the video for the final single to be taken from the album, ‘The Cage’. As well as the video Vera Sola has also shared a remix of ‘The Colony’ by Zola Jesus.

Speaking of the track and video Sola says:

“On the surface, the Cage is a retelling of the second book of Genesis. It’s sung from Eve’s perspective, till about 3/4 of the way through the song when it switches to the voice of God. Since it’s about biblical “first woman, second person” it’s by extension the story of any femme-identifying individual living in a patriarchal society. It wasn’t till I’d been singing it a while that I realized it was also a uniquely personal reckoning with my own sense of self and identity. Not just as a woman, but as a person who’s spent their life in the long shadow of who and what I came from.

The video is a collage of imagery evoked by the above. I borrowed an affectionate 6 foot boa constrictor from a friend, danced with ire in the shadows and fit my whole body into my mother’s old birdcage. (No one believed I could do it, but I won that bet.) Subtle. I know. So it goes. “

Vera Sola grew up between New York City and a farm in Canada, raised by artists, writers and seekers. As a child she was surrounded by music—training early on as a dancer, learning to play piano, and later teaching herself guitar and bass. Writing too was always a passion. Considering she holds a degree in Literature from Harvard, it’s fitting that Vera Sola’s songs are arranged to give words a well-earned place at their center. On Shades, Vera employs her background in poetry to explore at once the generalities and subtleties of the nature of ‘femininity’. Each song speaks the story of a different feminised character—whether a spurned lover, a stolen country, an anthropomorphised rhinoceros or biblical first woman—delivered with a skilled literary approach and signature turn of phrase.

Recorded in St. Louis at Native Sound Studio, Vera wrote, played and arranged all of the parts on Shades. With her distinct voice as a foundation, traditional instrumentation and the music of found objects are woven into a soundscape that is all at once complex and sparse.

Vera Sola will perform at this year’s Le Guess Who? festival as well as free shows in London at The Shacklewell Arms and Rough Trade East in November.

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Photo credit: Nate Burrell

Live dates:

8 – 11 Nov – Utrecht @ Le Guess Who?

13 Nov – Nottingham @ Rough Trade
14 Nov – London @ Shacklewell Arms – TICKETS (free)
15 Nov – London @ Rough Trade East

Tickets are available here:
https://www.verasola.com/shows

Praise for Vera Sola

“Vera Sola is a masterful story-teller that exudes an effortless mystique”
The Line of Best Fit ‘Song of the Day’

“Vera Sola twists the singer-songwriter rulebook in fascinating directions”
DIY ‘Neu Pick’

“The perfect concoction for an experiential and honest songwriter”
The 405

“One of the most striking videos we’ve seen all week from an equally intriguing musician”
Notion

“A lot of people are going to care about Vera Sola in the not-to-distant future”
For The Rabbits