'Delia' is the second single from The Sewer Cats debut album ‘Cute Aggression’, which is set for release on TNSrecords on 15.04.22.
Buy the album on vinyl and CD here - https://bit.ly/SewerCats
CW: domestic violence
The Sewer Cats wrote Delia in response to the track Delia’s Gone by Johnny Cash. Although made famous by Cash, Delia’s Gone is a historic folk song based on a real 14-year-old African American murder victim who was shot by her boyfriend. It’s a grisly lament written from Delia’s killer’s perspective and has been sang by many male artists over the years.
History has all too often been written by men. Delia’s story has only been told through the lens of her murderer’s regret, with no regard to her own experience. When violence against women is talked about, women are all too often robbed of their own agency and story. They are often described as ‘someone’s daughter/mother/girlfriend/wife/sister’ as if their relationship to a man is the only thing that matters, and they are not their own person.
Cass thought it might be an interesting idea to write a reply to Delia’s Gone from Delia’s point of view. It's a sassy, riotous comeback in which Delia sets the record straight and takes a pop at her killer.
Video filmed by Jo Gendle. Written & performed by: The Sewer Cats Recorded, mixed and produced by Tom Burgess. Mastered by Ben Hannah.
'Delia' is the second single from The Sewer Cats debut album ‘Cute Aggression’, which is set for release on TNSrecords on 15.04.22.
ReplyDeleteBuy the album on vinyl and CD here - https://bit.ly/SewerCats
CW: domestic violence
The Sewer Cats wrote Delia in response to the track Delia’s Gone by Johnny Cash. Although made famous by Cash, Delia’s Gone is a historic folk song based on a real 14-year-old African American murder victim who was shot by her boyfriend. It’s a grisly lament written from Delia’s killer’s perspective and has been sang by many male artists over the years.
History has all too often been written by men. Delia’s story has only been told through the lens of her murderer’s regret, with no regard to her own experience. When violence against women is talked about, women are all too often robbed of their own agency and story. They are often described as ‘someone’s daughter/mother/girlfriend/wife/sister’ as if their relationship to a man is the only thing that matters, and they are not their own person.
Cass thought it might be an interesting idea to write a reply to Delia’s Gone from Delia’s point of view. It's a sassy, riotous comeback in which Delia sets the record straight and takes a pop at her killer.
Video filmed by Jo Gendle.
Written & performed by: The Sewer Cats
Recorded, mixed and produced by Tom Burgess.
Mastered by Ben Hannah.