Montreal’s Alicia Clara has just dropped a heater of a single with “Nothing Dazzled.” The song is drenched in huge shoegaze guitar tones and distortion, a signature of producer Chris Steward (Bodywash), next to Clara’s hypnotic, velvety voice.
The song was written in the thick of the pandemic when the whole world was “on mute,” and sparked by a “semi-lucid dream” about an earthquake that may or may have not happened. There’s a great hippy wanderlust feel to this track, a need to explode back into the world free of restrictions.
The music video, directed, shot on VHS, and edited by Roxane Loumède—paints a picture of Alicia’s day-to-day life and features footage of a live show in Toronto and a trip to New York with her friends. The VHS vibe and home movie feel of the video pairs nicely with the dreamy quality of the music. It feels like a tape you might find buried in a dusty bin at a Blockbuster, one you want to watch over and over.
