KcKenzie Stubbert recorded the piano part of his song “Err” on a 1949 Acrosonic with the subtle touches of analog imperfection that ends up giving the piece some character without having to manufacture sound anomalies in post-editing. The spare and drawn out dramatic aspect of the song with the accompanying ethereal drone lends the whole an air of mystery. The music video written and directed by Habitual Loss and featuring Crissi Badurina and Sarah Minor is like an elevated horror short about two women who go to a remote location, a winter retreat perhaps, to deal with religious trauma after undergoing the sort of conversion therapy to drive out “inappropriate” impulses or thoughts, whatever those might be. We see one of the women floating in air at one point and later writing and turning and twisting in bed all before that experience has been cast off and an emotional reconciliation can begin. Which is also the emotional arc of the song that starts with tenderness, grace and subtlety and across the journey of the composition Stubbert brings us to a place of great calm. Watch the video for “Err” on YouTube and follow Stubbert at the links below. His new album, from which this track hails, Waiting Room was released on August 18, 2023 via Curious Music.
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