Glenna Jane’s latest single, ‘Playing Dead’ emerges as a dominating voice in the dimly lighted nooks of alternative rock, where vulnerability meets undiluted emotion. This sombre masterwork creates a tale of gloomy isolation while digging into the depths of a traumatic upbringing. Glenna’s voice flows over the tune like melted honey, weaving a spell that is both frightening and enchanting as the ringing ambient guitar notes mingle with laid-back rhythm beats.
“Playing Dead” is a immense sonic beast, an overcrowded cacophony of distorted drones and ringing chords that, with their unnerving fearfulness, match Glenna Jane’s traumatic memories. Glenna’s intimate performance conveys her inner turmoil as she sings these lyrics that capture her innermost struggles while simultaneously painting a vivid picture of her isolation as she searches desperately for salvation with her songs that touch on all levels of her memory reminiscence of past relationships. This song clearly portrays Glenna Jane’s challenges, portraying an impressionistic vision of isolation as frantic calls for rescue from an emotionally fragile narrative of unforgettable memories of prior relationships.
Glenna Jane and producer Taro Hyodo worked to create an innovative yet authentic piece that defies musical conventions. Moving away from her pop tastes, “Playing Dead” includes alternative rock, post-grunge soundtracks from the late 1990s/early 2000s, resulting in a daring yet authentic song that marks a crucial step in Glenna Jane’s artistic journey.
Hyodo’s production is both razor-sharp and unsettling, weaving together guitar crunch, driving rhythms, slurring riffs, menacing drones, and unsettling feedback to create layers of sound that allow their story to settle deep into your brain, drowning you in raw emotion that won’t let go.
“‘Playing Dead’ is about growing up as the oldest daughter in an immigrant family” Glenna Jane admits, with a focus on parentification and childhood loss; as well as exploring stoicism – how we bury trauma through hyper-independence and escape mechanisms, and its subject being being an angry kid until the age of 24.
Glenna Jane’s track “Playing Dead” exemplifies the power of accepting one’s scars as an art form and transforming them into works of expression. This song is a moving reminder that even in our darkest times, there is tremendous beauty waiting to be discovered – with this single, she has not only disclosed her personal darkness, but she has also illuminated a road for others to do the same.
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Karen Harding is a Melbourne, Australia based singer/songwriter, founder of Sounds On The Couch, and founder and operator of boutique music PR service for emerging and independent artists, Rise Indie.