[Cover photo credit to Raz Azraai]
Los Angeles-based experimental Post-Punk artist Crowjane, aka Heather Galipo, has shared her new song, “Savage” via Kitten Robot. It’s a track that has a very specific inspiration and message about female autonomy.
She says:
In this current political climate – with the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the banning of abortions in certain cities/states, the wars, the Presidential candidates, being a woman, and being interested in the killings/ tortures of women and male allies during the historical witch accusations – I felt inspired to write a song about all those facts, ideas, and the emotions swirling around them.
CrowJane enlisted fellow LA-based musicians Christine Lynise (Guilty Strangers) and Mika Carlson (SETI, classically-trained opera singer).
She continues:
I wanted to take a more aggressive approach to the song and tap back into my punk roots. We three female-identifying singers joined forces on the frustrations of religion and politics gaining control of our bodies currently and historically.
Drawing inspiration from Italian-American intellectual Silvia Federici’s 2004 nonfiction book Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation, “Savage” tackles similar subjects.
Crowjane explains:
In it, [Federici] talks about social movements and political crises in Medieval Europe and the transition into Capitalism. She explores the degradation of women, the body being viewed as a capitalist tool, the power of Christianity, and her views on the great witch hunt from a feminist perspective. Her book demonstrates historically that capitalism and patriarchy were not the only possible paths out of the Middle Ages, and that this economic and social system is the product of a relentless process of domination of lands and female bodies.
Produced by Paul Roessler (The Screamers, Nina Hagan, Josie Cotton) and Daniel Muñoz (45 Grave, Guilty Strangers, Panthar) with drums and additional production by Shok (Daniel Ash, Josie Cotton, Donita Sparks), “Savage” is a precursor for more music to come from CrowJane in 2024.
TOUR DATES:
| June 22 | Los Angeles, CA | The ECHO+PLEX – PRIDE Lesbian Goth Night by Nightmare Market LA |
| July 11 | San Diego, CA | The Whistle Stop |
| July 12 | Oakland, CA | Hot Goth GF at Spire |
| July 13 | Portland, OR | The Coffin Club |
| July 14 | Tacoma WA | The Valley |
| July 15 | Seattle WA | Substation |
| July 16 | Bellingham WA | The Shakedown |
| July 19 | Vancouver Canada | Astoria – Verboden |
| July 22 | Salt Lake City, Utah | International Artist Lounge |
| July 23 | Vegas, NV | Sin Wave |
