Alt-country musician Esther Rose is releasing a new album next month, and today she’s shared the title track “Safe to Run,” which features Hurray for the Riff Raff’s Alynda Segarra. This is the second single from Safe to Run following the track “Chet Baker,” both of which precede the release of Rose’s sophomore album on April 21.
“Safe to Run” is a gentle admission of not knowing or understanding how to move forward. Rose points out humanity’s hunger to consume the Earth without a second thought about the fatal consequences. “You know there’s no place safe to run / Angels surround everyone,” goes the chorus. Still, Rose and Segarra maintain a profound resolve—and there’s comfort in that even when the world is on fire.
“Sonically, [producer Ross Farbe] and I threw every idea we had on this song, and it absorbed everything as if it were just this mega-powerful container,” Rose shared. “We built so many layers into the outro. I love Ross’s counter-melody on the Mellotron and the high-pitched one-note synth drone which he refers to as ‘the angels.’ Nick Cohon, of Bay Area death metal band Cormorant, brought the doom by arranging the ascending guitar outro. It was so meaningful to collaborate with Alynda Segarra and to hear the song start to fly. Alynda’s voice is this expertly tuned muscle; when they sing, you feel everything.”
Watch the video for “Safe to Run” below, and pre-order the album here.
