Last year, London musician Zoee released her debut album Flaw Flower, drawing inspiration from the avant pop of the 80s, modern literature and her own experiences. She has now shared a video for “The Empty Glass,” one of the highlights of the record. “[It] explores how the seasonal rhythm of our lives can summon waves of nostalgia and self-reflection,” Zoee explains. “Sometimes these moments of reflection can bring up difficult memories, so through the song I seek to make peace with the past in order to welcome in the new.”

The pastoral visuals were directed by Italian queer filmmaker and photographer Dani d’Ingeo. “It is a song about love and coming to terms with the past,” adds d’Ingeo. “We began looking into collective healing and rituals and ended up in the magical universe of folklore and paganism. We wanted to transport the viewer into the same oneiric reality Zoee’s work lives in. Working with my extremely talented friend Robert George Sanders was an honour and a dream come true. We sat down in his studio and he let me into his universe of fantastic colourful outfits and ever-powerful nature. We discussed the themes of the song and my ideas of creating a healing ritual through the visuals, and we decided we had to make the shoot feel as genuine and close to an actual ritual as we could. Witchcraft never happens casually.”

Watch the video and revisit Flaw Flower below.

Catch Zoee live at the London’s Paper Dress Vintage on March 31 (more info).

London based avant-pop artist Harriet Zoe Pittard aka Zoee has just shared the second single from her upcoming debut album. Following on the addictive “Microwave,” the anti-romantic ballad “Host” combines “home demo backing vocals with an elaborate baby grand piano solo”.

“‘Host’ describes the disconcertingly replicant-like nature of a once starry-eyed lover who becomes increasingly detached,” she explained. “The video is inspired by The Twilight Zone and was shot on location in a forest close to where I grew up in Berkshire.” Watch the Jacek Zmarz-directed visuals and pre-order the album via Bandcamp below.

After having dropped a few amazing singles here and there since 2016, London-based musician Harriet Zoe Pittard aka Zoee has finally announced the release of her debut album, which she crafted with her long-term musical collaborator Rowan Martin. A mix of hi-fi and lo-fi instrumentation, Flaw Flower draws inspiration from the avant pop of the 80s. It is also an introspective and emotional journey where her real-life phone notes mingle with imagery taken from modern works of literature such as “The Flowering Corpse” by Djuna Barnes, Sylvia Plath‘s “A Winter Ship” and Maggie Nelson‘s “Bluets”.

About the record, she stated:

“I feel like the songs on this album took me deeper into myself, the sad song that I thought was about a boy is still about that but it’s also about loss, about self-determination, about not losing hope, about memory, about domesticity, about detachment, about my dad, about my mum, about change, about feeling incredibly alone, about growing up.”

She has also shared the first single, “Microwave,” which she describes as “a many-sided song about familial dynamics, oppressive domestic settings and the joy found in self validation.” Watch the accompanying video, courtesy of director Daniele d’Ingeo, and pre-order Flaw Flower via Bandcamp below.