Reykjavík Grapevine - des. 2020, Blaðsíða 24

Reykjavík Grapevine - des. 2020, Blaðsíða 24
‘What Love Is’ By Rex Pistols Lu!osi, don’t be afraid of this art Words: Hannah Jane Cohen Photos: Art Bicnick Track By Track Stream 'What Love Is’ on all platforms. Cassette version on myrkfaelni.bandcamp.com Goth isn’t dead, people. It’s alive and thriving in downtown Reykjavík in the form of Rex Pistols, who recently dropped ‘What Love Is,’ a soundtrack for the lace-gown-wearing introspec- tive romantic heroines of the world. To satiate our synthcore goth needs, we sat down with Rex herself to go through the album track by track. ‘What Love Is’ is an explora- tion of love in all its forms and how it has shaped my inner emo- tional world, my psyche and how I navigate life. Ultimately, it’s an album of love songs, but mostly not centred around romance. The album was conceptualised, writ- ten and recorded over the course of months—partly before lockdown, partly during—where love was all I could think of. I found it and I lost it over and over, while my deep- est friendships prevailed as the most important love relationships I have. Don’t Be Afraid of my Heart A call to my friend and lover who could not let themselves catch up to my love in time. It was a rela- tionship where there was love, but just different kinds. Not unrequit- ed, just out of sync. Water Dance Abandoning myself to my deep- est fears and desires in a dark, cavernous watery canyon. I wrote this song in my head, humming to myself while floating alone in the hot tub at my old gym, which was in a super dark grey room. Pray For Love My complete frustration of repeat- ed unrequited romance, deceit and disappointment. I have had only a small handful of romantic rela- tionships, but mostly a series of doomed love affairs, and this was me being fed up with it. Draumur The loves I meet in my most re- alistic dreams that disappear the moment I wake. I’m a very active dreamer. I meet everyone I know in my dreams and they feel so real. It can make waking life very con- fusing, especially when it comes to the way I feel about people. Lunar Palace An orbiting fantasy world for one who does not believe in the after- life. I imagined this place in my dreams as well, and it looked like a cross between the ivory tower in The NeverEnding Story and the moon kingdom of Sailor Moon. Laws of Passion My unbridled urgent desire to devour another body, my raven- ous sexual hunger that requires immediate release. We were two months into lockdown and I was horny as fuck. Cosmic Intimacy The purity of my connections with my friends that no time or space can come between us, where we converge mentally in perfect sync, where we meet each other with no judgement, just unconditional love and acceptance. Glittering Moon An ode to the truest love in my life, my best friend in the universe, who is always with me no matter where we are. The title of the album also is derived from the name of a video art piece we made together based on one of the funniest moments we’ve ever had together. White Gold A farewell to someone beloved, in the moment when they began to leave their body. The entire al- bum started from this song, which came to me the night I learned that my grandmother was dying. If the album is a package, this is the rib- bon around it. Don’t Be Afraid… Reprise: Just a reminder: believe that our love won’t tear us apart.. The best of Icelandic produce with a nod to Japan and South America. Modern Icelandic flavours, share plates and award winning cocktails. Sushi Social !ingholtsstræti 5 • 101 Reykjavík Tel. 568 6600 • sushisocial.is Our kitchen is open 17.00–23.00 sun.–thu. 17.00–24.00 fri.–sat. SOCIALIZE WITH THE LOCALS ICELANDIC SEAFOOD makes world’s best sushi 24The Reykjavík Grapevine Issue 10— 2020 Rex Pistols, disarmed Music

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