Dead Gowns deals with life’s foggy moments head-on: With a blade forged in searing guitar and vocals.
“My hope has a brave face / She’s been in bed all week,” the Portland, Maine artist — born Genevieve Beaudoin — sings on her new song “In The Haze.” Beaudoin released the single earlier this week (November 18), cracking open another chapter from her forthcoming LP It’s Summer, I Love You, and I’m Surrounded by Snow.
The new offering is a looping folk-rock rollercoaster, building with the low rumbles of Beaudoin’s storytelling, then barreling into the chorus’ blistering howls. As the song swerves between levels of intensity, Beaudoin bundles the fickle beauty of Maine and the stifling atmosphere of a hospital, which she references in the lyric “In the basement of the hospital / Waiting for a test that says I’m normal.”
“I wrote ‘In the Haze’ about the time before I was diagnosed with endometriosis,” Beaudoin shares. “In many ways, it’s about the frustration of not having answers and the jealousy of perceiving others — mainly on the internet — who seem to be thriving. But when I listen back to the track, I hear this backbone of support in the arrangement. I wanted the chorus to be instrumental and focused on these two guitars in riff – it’s come to represent the loved ones who supported me through that journey.”
Tune in below, and preorder It’s Summer, I Love You, and I’m Surrounded by Snow ahead of its February release here.
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