Energetic indie pop artist Jasmyn has shared the song ‘Cruel Moon’ today alongside a new lyric video that features an animated Jasmyn dancing and vibing out to the track. Listen and watch below. ‘Cruel Moon’ is lifted from the album In The Wild released June 3rd.
“I wrote this song during this moment when I was so tired of staying indoors most of the time and having this pulling instinct of wanting something new for myself,” Jasmyn explained. “I felt almost like I was in an escape room with no door out. So this song was about imagining having this out of body experience where I was going outside and moving and just peeling off layers and making room for a new identity, dancing my way through the growing pains.”
Jasmyn is the new solo project of former singer-songwriter and frontwoman of the critically acclaimed Toronto band Weaves, and her new record In The Wild is a clean slate of a debut album which breaks away from old patterns and begins anew. Coming out on June 3, Jasmyn worked with Grammy award-winning producer John Congleton on the record to create a sonic universe that reflected the ebbs and flows of a transitional chapter, where she could be free to create whatever felt right in that moment.
While there’s a continual middle ground that threads itself throughout the album, In The Wild makes room for the quieter, introspective moments, as well as the booming, blossoming catharsis. “I wanted to create songs that would help people feel a type of confidence in themselves,” she says.
During the writing process, she became interested in chakras, and especially how the purple chakra represents the crown and connects us to a higher consciousness. In The Wild is a call to care, and a call for patience, joy and trusting your instincts. Here, Jasmyn has constructed a raft for those of us feeling unmoored from ourselves.
This summer Jasmyn will embark on some of her first ever performances under her own name, including two Canadian shows in June and a run of East coast US dates in July and August with Brooklyn’s Air Waves.
Pre Order In The Wild
1. Green Nature
2. Crystal Ball
3. Edge Of Time
4. In The Wild
5. Blank Paper
6. Happy Tarot
7. Cruel Moon
8. Galaxy
9. Killer Instinct
10. Find The Light
11. Purple Reflections
