Tsar B has just unveiled her latest single, Song By The Sea, taken from the forthcoming album, The Writer.
The musical pseudonym of Belgian artist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Justine Bourgeus, Tsar B takes elements of pop, dance and classical-baroque sounds to create a sound that brings together artistry, emotion, and experimentation in equal measures. Here on Song By The Sea, the result is stark, vulnerable, and beautiful, blending humanity and crisp electronics, evoking the sounds of FKA Twigs and Björk.
Song By The Sea depicts a love that consumes a couple, with lyrics that depict the experience of falling for someone so deeply that you give yourself over to it. Describing the song, Bourgeus says Song By The Sea is ‘about two lovers entwined in an eternal hug, transformed into stone like the lovers of Pompeii, sanctified, canonized, as they made love on the beach’.
Organs underpin transcendental vocal flourishes and slow-moving percussion to create a feeling that shimmers with romance and sexuality, whilst encircling a sense of disaster. Tsar B’s melodies tease like fingers tracing the contours of a body — irresistible and constantly leaving you wanting more.