april june - “carry you on my broken wings”
Photo by Ana Alborés
Dividing her time between New York and Madrid, indie pop artist Victoria Zolotukhina, aka april june, returns to us with “carry you on my broken wings.”
If you crave some tape-warbling, synth-infused pop music with a melancholic nod toward the ‘80s, you have come to the right place. “carry you on my broken wings” is an electronically-driven wonderland of keyboard tapestries strewn across a digital rhythm that is perfect for those late-night roadtrips to nowhere, guaranteed to get your feet tapping at the press of the play button.
Atop this nostalgia-imbued sonic landscape, april june’s delicate voice provides a chill, reverberating performance that indisputably puts the ‘dream’ in ‘dream pop.’ With lyrics that illustrate cinematic elements akin to an Italian gangster film, the manner in which they are delivered allows the listener an enchanting three-minute escape into much-needed introspection.
april june adds that the song is "an exploration of the tumultuous relationship between the protagonist and her dangerous male counterpart. Clad in a tuxedo, he exudes a sexy, enigmatic allure, navigating the shadows with one hand on her thigh and the other on a gun. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of a life where violence and the death drive intertwine. As she carries the weight of her partner on her broken wings, the song becomes a haunting ode to a love that is as sexy as it is wild.”
“carry you on my broken wings” comes from april june’s new EP, baby’s out of luck again, which is now available everywhere via Nettwerk.
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