CLEA RELEASES NEW SINGLE 'SOFT BLOW TO THE HEAD' ALONGSIDE STUNNING VISUAL
Image Credit - Lily Cotter
"It’s hazy, it’s gorgeous and it’s going to sweep you up."
- DECLAN BYRNE, TRIPLE J
"Step into a dreamworld."
- FASHION JOURNAL
Brisbane artist, Clea, today marks her reemergence to the fold with her euphoric new single 'Soft Blow To The Head’.
"'Soft Blow to the Head' relives the moments in which you slip back into the enchanting toxicity of a domineering person, eventually gaining the courage and hindsight to move forward,” Clea explains. “It’s like a deep breath with a long sigh, it moves through emotion without rest and reveals that, in order to really appreciate your best life, you sometimes have to go through a bad experience.” An astonishingly topical revelation in today’s climate.
Exhilaratingly characterising it’s arrival following a stolen moment captured on a phone voice memo, ‘Soft Blow To The Head’ has been cultivated into a cinematic composition; exciting in its delivery and full of motion, colour and movement - much like the video that accompanies it.
An artist in the truest sense of the word, Clea, along with her best friend Lily Cotter and Director of Photography Jack Birtles, co-directed and shot the stunning 16mm film visual accompaniment to ‘Soft Blow To The Head. Both the single and video were borne on a property in Queensland’s Scenic Rim where a purpose and self-built studio stands as a creative mecca for Clea and her partner and producer, Alistar Richardson.
Clea floated into our lives some four years ago with her debut single ‘Polyester'. 2017 saw the young artist release her first body of work - her Fairweather EP. But it was her debut album Vermillion (2018) that shook the public into consciousness. Taken from Vermillion, Clea’s breakout moment came in the form of the single ‘Dreaming’; which saw her take the win for the 2019 Song Of The Year at the Queensland Music Awards. The same year, Clea made Mark Ronson’s ’Nothing Breaks Like A Heart’ her very own during a breathtaking triple j Like A Version.
Clea’s music is a collection of moments, a living-breathing document of life’s rich pageant. Never wanting to repeat anything twice, Clea sees constant renewal an integral aspect of her creativity and life. Clea’s creative passion expresses itself through song, video, fashion and captivating live performances. 2020 sees Clea hit the ground running with an invigorated and re-focused vision, a sophomore album in her sights, a renewed sense of independence and a longing to act as a positive creative force.
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'SOFT BLOW TO THE HEAD' - OUT NOW