The artwork for Anthony Menzia’s single “The Witch” sets the mysterious mood for a song that doesn’t fit neatly in any single genre designation. It’s a design suggesting simultaneously a face, a sword, a caduceus as an image like stained glass in the chapel of the mystic of a forgotten spiritual faith.The song itself is a journey from darkly shimmering electronic shimmers over a an organic beat seemingly tapped out with sticks on wood while pulses of distorted sound establish a rhythm before processed vocals come in reminiscent of Barry Andrews of Shriekback circa 1986 and Big Night Music. It’s hushed and sits in the mix, ghost-like. Tones hover brightly and dissolve like swarms of luminous insects coming together like a temporary colony and dispersing. The lyrics are a bit enigmatic making references to not having to guess what’s on someone’s mind and directions to swivel one’s hips if under the spell of the person singing. Is it an inducement to dance or an attempt at seduction of the carnal and/or spiritual kind. Difficult to say but the song sounds like something you’d hear in one of those elevated horror movies in a scene where more mundane characters are introduced to a secret society or a clandestine subculture that promises a more interesting life. Listen to “The Witch” on YouTube and follow Anthony Menzia at the links provided.
Queen City Sounds and Art 
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