Small Shake - Veruca
Small Shake is the musical project of Seattle-born, L.A.-based artist Aarin Wright. Her new single “Veruca” brims with playful sonic textures — even the kling of a typewriter makes its way in (which, to me, first sounded like a microwave). But beneath the quirky details lies something deeper: the story of a friendship that’s gone, yet might still be revived one day.
Aarin’s emotive vocals hold it all together, and she shares:
“Funny enough, I wrote ‘Veruca’ when I was desperate to share a particularly juicy piece of music industry gossip. I knew my former confidant, my former friend, would revel in the story. I felt her absence stronger than ever, but had to laugh at the circumstances that had me so worked up. I conjured a future where we would be connected again, and could fill in the gaps of all we’d missed.”
The single arrives with a beautiful video, filmed and directed by Mia Gualtieri, who explains:
"One of my great fears was looking into the abyss of deep water, but a recent dive trip with friends allowed me to face it head on. After a couple dives and seeing the bright orange Garibaldi fish, my lifelong phobia started to dissipate. I wanted to visually sum up my experience of facing the 'dark menacing water,' and 'Veruca' felt like a very serendipitous way to do so."
“Veruca” is taken from Small Shake’s debut EP Platonics, out this Friday. Listen to it now, today's Song Pick of the Day:
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