Sister Gemini materialized within LA’s rock scene back in 2022 with a pair of singles that saw the project’s creator Remy Jean testing the waters of indie-rock songwriting. Today she returns with her first new recording in two years, “One Room Apartment,” alongside murmurs of a debut album cooked up while enrolled in the School of Song program, taking on assignments from modern indie icons Phil Elverum and Robin Pecknold. The first taste of these songs sees Jean spreading her wings significantly beyond what she accomplished on those prior tracks while, ironically, singing about the cooped-up feeling we all experienced at the height of COVID.
“‘One Room Apartment’ is about attempting to rely on external comforts to pull you out when you’re in a funk,” she explains of the tune, which is an amplified version of her previous work that recalls the grunge-pop compositions of Bully or Palehound. “I start by calling my friends but when they aren’t available, I turn to casual sex to try to numb the loneliness. I wrote this song during the pandemic, when the world really did feel as small as my apartment at times. It’s a pretty vulnerable song for how upbeat it sounds, I love that contrast.”
Check out the music video below, which reconfigures the track’s titular studio unit as an eerily lit tent as Jean ultimately finds a more healthy companion to ease her loneliness.
