Seattle musician Natalie Lew, known as Sea Lemon, has just released the introspective, lush, shoegaze single “Cellar.” Lew lays ethereal vocals over each other that sound like howling winds pushing through caverns of your psyche. The rhythm section brings it with tumbling drums and bass, creating a pulse that balances the ghostly singing while pushing you into a perpetual free fall feeling. Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, Natalie’s sonics evoke her home’s palette with a feeling of blue-green pine forests outside of rain streaked windows while you stare out, unfurling the tapestry of your inner mental machinations. Here is Natalie talking about that and how the song came into being:
“‘Cellar’ was inspired by my love of really classic horror and thriller films, like Blow Out and Misery, and how loving scary movies can sometimes feel like something is wrong with you. That idea of the ‘cellar’ in the song is based on the traditional horror trope where the protagonist can’t help but discover what’s lurking in the basement, and that what they find there often represents something really dark and horrifying. In the lyrics, I say ‘the cellar is where I belong’ which is me grappling with this idea that sometimes really terrifying imagery interests me the most.”
Listen to “Cellar” by Sea Lemon right now on Spotify, and catch the accompanying lyric video on YouTube below.