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Canadian experimental indie pop artist Petra Glynt isn’t one to shy away from political commentary in her music. Her 2017 album This Trip contained music that in Glynt’s words “is in support of social movements and in support of people power.”
Her follow-up album, My Flag Is A Burning Rag Of Love is due out September 7, 2018. Based on the three tracks that have been released from the album, Glynt is delivering another socially conscious masterpiece.
Concerning the third single, “Surveillance,” Glynt made the following statement in a press release: “the darkness and heaviness of this song was a surprise to me as it’s the only one of its kind on the album. I wrote it in reaction to the Facebook data scandals and general contempt for how impersonal our personal information has become online. We are actively using these tools, and our data is being funneled into the hands of those who can analyze it and use it to their advantage, against us, and ultimately to make more money. The song is a bit tongue and cheek and big and scary for a reason. Speaking directly to those powers it’s saying ‘yea, so what you got all this information on me, I know everything about you too’ because their intentions are so simplistic: more money. In this way I want them to feel small because we’re out here living exciting, colorful lives despite them.”
Even with the darker feel the tune still features Glynt’s trademark empowerment. Even those that are actively participating in the dismantling of oppressive patriarchal systems needs songs to dance to.