#484
Isobel Anderson - Feed Me
Tuesday 30th May, 2017
They say: "Feed Me was initially inspired by Glasgow-based artist Rachael Maclean’s video piece of the same title.
I was fascinated by her comment on our culture’s constant hunger to be pacified. So, the song plays with this almost aggressive need to be soothed.
I think there's a similar dynamic in dysfunctional relationships – even abusive relationships – so I thought , while drawing from my own experiences, it would be interesting to flip roles in Feed Me and become the predator or even the abuser.
I was also thinking about how much of my songs place me, the storyteller, in quite a passive role. Perhaps that’s common for a lot of female musicians unintentionally.
I wondered what would happen if In the song I were to sing back the screwed up stuff a very abusive ex-boyfriend used to say to me – how would that change either the listener’s perception of those words or me as a character in the song."
We say: "It’s a simple track - pretty and soulful, the perfect showcase for Isobel’s voice and knack for writing a hook.
But then… from nowhere… just a little dash of bonkers. And all of a sudden, it’s something else entirely.
Furthermore that video - with cute footage of old fogies in a dancehall interrupted by aggressive strobing and Isobel drooling ice cream - it’s a similar vibe of the sublime and the ridiculous."
'Feed Me' will appear on Isobel Anderson's latest album, 'CHALK / FLINT', released on 2nd June 2017
As often as possible Across the Line aims to bring you a great new, recent or interesting track each day, Monday to Friday. To get your new music to Across the Line send it via the BBC Introducing Uploader
