Meghan Remy, the mastermind behind the experimental pop project U.S. Girls, certainly knows how to create the perfectly slick and undeniably ear-grabbing song, but similar praise could probably be bestowed upon her music videos.
Following the music video for her single “Velvet 4 Sale” in which Remy plays a female police officer who distributes a sort of feminist divine retribution to another cop who had committed domestic abuse. The video flawlessly matched the gritty, realistic soundscape of the song, emphasizing the concrete and physical problems that plague today.
Remy’s newest single, “Pearly Gates,” on the other hand, embraces the ephemeral, metaphysical, and even religious, telling the story of a woman who attempts “to seduce St. Peter to secure entry to the heavenly realm, with mixed results.”
Remy explained that “Some years back a story was recounted to me about a man attempting to convince a woman to engage in unprotected sex by saying, ‘Don’t worry, I’m really good at pulling out’. I thought this was a hilariously stupid thing to say and knew that one day I would build a song around this line.” Again, the music video encapsulates the atmosphere of the song, presenting smoky, veiled imagery, complete with floating masks and skeletons with crowns.
The track features vocalist James Baley, along with music written by long-time U.S. Girls collaborator Louis Percival and performed by Toronto-based The Cosmic Range.
Both singles, as well as “Mad as Hell,” which came before either, are a part of U.S. Girls’ upcoming sixth record, In a Poem Unlimited, which will be dropping February 16th.
Check out the Chrissy Jones directed clip for “Pearly Gates” below.
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