Prewn
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Globe Hall Presents Prewn on Wednesday, October 21st.
If Izzy Hagerups new album, System, feels immediately uncompromising its because it was never really designed for public consumption. Released under her Prewn moniker, Hagerup describes the album as a private journal made public. The arresting nine songs on System chronicle a deeply personal journey through the darkness of depression, but one thats always undercut by moments of humor as well as selfishness and self-reflectiona push-and-pull that feels wholly distinctive.
Following on Prewns 2023s debut album Through The Windowa collection of songs that Pitchfork hailed as a striking example of Hagerups ability to sit with ugliness System finds her crawling even deeper into the dense folds of the night. Hagerup alone wrote and recorded the album, mostly in long stretches of bedroom sessions that found her working through the night until she began to hear birdsong. System reckons with a lot of the thoughts that tend to needle in during those small hours: guilt, shame, and self-absorption, as well as the societal pressures that sit at the root of such things.
This new album comes from a much more self-centered place, the stagnant aftermath of intensity and emotion, Hagerup says. I think it came from a period of time that was more numb, hollow, and confused. More disassociated from heartfelt pain, more entrenched in a frustrating and aimless discomfort. That discomfort manifests itself in various ways throughout System. Each of the songs were a result of random inspiration, and find Hagerup working out of a desperation to record the pieces before the inspiration slipped through her fingers. I feel in a constant state of writers block but I just put myself in the studio for hours and hours, sometimes in agony and desperation for any muse at all, she explains. Every once in a blue moon, a nugget gets thrown my way and I run as far as I can with it.
The result is a wildly unique album that carries a sense of restlessness and unease in its bones, but also pulls the curtain back on what it takes and what it means to fully explore the self through song. It seems that miserys my best friend. I know itll come to me again and again Hagerup sings on the title track. Written while feeling acutely overwhelmed in a sea of people, the song touches upon everything from the mechanisms of the music industry, to cycles of depression, to the seemingly neverending battle to escape the clutches of the patriarchy and capitalism.
From a bedroom floor in the middle of the night, through a tangle of cables and complex emotions, System grew into a document of disassociation. But it arrives undercut with a sense of lightness in comparison to Hagerups debut, and doesnt surrender to the darkness. Instead, System dives into it with a keen and exploring eye, and through the gloom finds constant realizations of the wonder and appreciation of life. Its a journey that holds a special kind of power, a brave struggle that never asks listeners to look away but instead to follow down the rabbit hole. That it leads to a place of fascination is testament to the sheer force these songs hold: songs of hurt and heart, fear and fun.
All ages, ticketed guests under 16 ONLY ADMITTED WITH TICKETED GUARDIAN 21+
All sales are final. Check your tickets carefully, NO REFUNDS FOR ANY REASON
Your name will be on the Will Call list the night of the show at doors time.
If Izzy Hagerups new album, System, feels immediately uncompromising its because it was never really designed for public consumption. Released under her Prewn moniker, Hagerup describes the album as a private journal made public. The arresting nine songs on System chronicle a deeply personal journey through the darkness of depression, but one thats always undercut by moments of humor as well as selfishness and self-reflectiona push-and-pull that feels wholly distinctive.
Following on Prewns 2023s debut album Through The Windowa collection of songs that Pitchfork hailed as a striking example of Hagerups ability to sit with ugliness System finds her crawling even deeper into the dense folds of the night. Hagerup alone wrote and recorded the album, mostly in long stretches of bedroom sessions that found her working through the night until she began to hear birdsong. System reckons with a lot of the thoughts that tend to needle in during those small hours: guilt, shame, and self-absorption, as well as the societal pressures that sit at the root of such things.
This new album comes from a much more self-centered place, the stagnant aftermath of intensity and emotion, Hagerup says. I think it came from a period of time that was more numb, hollow, and confused. More disassociated from heartfelt pain, more entrenched in a frustrating and aimless discomfort. That discomfort manifests itself in various ways throughout System. Each of the songs were a result of random inspiration, and find Hagerup working out of a desperation to record the pieces before the inspiration slipped through her fingers. I feel in a constant state of writers block but I just put myself in the studio for hours and hours, sometimes in agony and desperation for any muse at all, she explains. Every once in a blue moon, a nugget gets thrown my way and I run as far as I can with it.
The result is a wildly unique album that carries a sense of restlessness and unease in its bones, but also pulls the curtain back on what it takes and what it means to fully explore the self through song. It seems that miserys my best friend. I know itll come to me again and again Hagerup sings on the title track. Written while feeling acutely overwhelmed in a sea of people, the song touches upon everything from the mechanisms of the music industry, to cycles of depression, to the seemingly neverending battle to escape the clutches of the patriarchy and capitalism.
From a bedroom floor in the middle of the night, through a tangle of cables and complex emotions, System grew into a document of disassociation. But it arrives undercut with a sense of lightness in comparison to Hagerups debut, and doesnt surrender to the darkness. Instead, System dives into it with a keen and exploring eye, and through the gloom finds constant realizations of the wonder and appreciation of life. Its a journey that holds a special kind of power, a brave struggle that never asks listeners to look away but instead to follow down the rabbit hole. That it leads to a place of fascination is testament to the sheer force these songs hold: songs of hurt and heart, fear and fun.
All ages, ticketed guests under 16 ONLY ADMITTED WITH TICKETED GUARDIAN 21+
All sales are final. Check your tickets carefully, NO REFUNDS FOR ANY REASON
Your name will be on the Will Call list the night of the show at doors time.
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