Written by: Jen Dan
Alternative artist Katie Burden recently premiered “I Can See It Clear”, the lead track off her debut full-length, Strange Moon, which is set for release September 16th on Cautionary Tail. The album also includes the talents of drummer/producer Norm Block (Mark Lanagan, Sweethead, and Jenny Lee of Warpaint) and guitarist Mike Semple (Friends Of Dean Martinez).
Burden’s stylized, atmospheric rock and shamanistic delivery often conjure up the ghost of Jim Morrison, but in a modern context, and rest somewhere between Bat for Lashes and Joan As Police Woman.
After being raised in Colorado and traveling between NYC and San Francisco, Burden journeyed to LA. She fell in with a group of musicians including Block and guitarist Jen Turner (Here We Go Magic, Exclamation Pony). Burden already had hundreds of song sketches recorded as voice memos on her phone and after she played them for her new friends, there was no looking back. Block stepped into the role of producer while Turner helped flesh out the recordings that became Burden’s debut EP My Blind Eye.
Burden promoted her EP up and down the West Coast with live performances, and upon her return to LA, she felt compelled to enter the studio once more where she began tracking her follow-up full length Strange Moon with her now tightly-knit band of collaborators.
The dark and moody undercurrents of the new material called for Burden to dig deeper into her emotional well, something that she struggled with when performing the songs. “I have a hard time feeling emotions sometimes,” the songwriter notes, “Art makes me less afraid to feel and also less alone.”
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