Inspired by artists ranging from HAIM and Maggie Rogers back to Bruce Springsteen and Sheryl Crow, Imogen Clark’s storytelling indie-pop is deeply personal and diaristic as her songs elevate intimate emotions to arena-scaled anthems. It’s a style which has enamoured a growing audience, leading to a 2022 AIR Award nomination for Best Independent Pop Album for ‘Bastards’ as well as collaborations with members of Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello’s Imposters, Gang of Youths and My Morning Jacket.
Now Imogen Clark is set to take her homeland acclaim to broader global audiences, starting today with the new single ‘Big One’ along with its accompanying video. Listen HERE. Watch the official video below. The track previews her new album ‘The Art of Getting Through’ which follows on May 31st and is available to pre-save HERE.
‘Big One’ sees Imogen Clark flavouring her surging alt-pop foundations with the impossible-to-ignore drama and infectiousness of classic ‘80s pop with the empowerment and vulnerabilities of the strident female singer-songwriters who made such an inspiring impact in the ‘90s. It’s an epic love anthem that stands as the centrepiece of her upcoming album, but as its attention-grabbing opening lyrics attest to, love can be a tapestry of intensity and confusion: “Tell me what’s the difference / Between a lover and a kick in the chest?”
Imogen says, “I wanted a song that was intimate and vulnerable but massive, as big sounding as the feelings I was writing about. I wrote it with Sam Phay in Melbourne, and I came in with the idea that had been growing in my mind, this hunger to be the big one in somebody’s life, the love that stays in their heart even if the relationship doesn’t last.”
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