New Music: War

           

Welsh musician Gwenno is releasing a new album, Utopia, on July 11 via Heavenly. Now she has shared its second single, "War,". The song is inspired by a World War II-era poem by Welsh artist and poet Edrica Huws entitled "Vingt-Et-Un." Saunders had this to say about the song in a press release: "I’ve loved this Edrica Huws poem for a really long time. She was an artist and poet, and she wrote this at the start of the Second World War. It kept resonating with me over this period where we've really normalized the idea of war, and actually at times have perhaps been quite enthusiastic from our sofas. I think her poem is really worth something in an age where we’re obviously tumbling towards something catastrophic. Those words have really reminded me of that very small window you have before it happens—the chance to be considerate, and more vigilant, and aware. It’s the elegance of her writing, the calmness of her writing, the wisdom." the video credits belongs to Clare Marie Bailey