Gina Birch of the Raincoats has announced her second solo studio album, 'Causing Trouble Again,' scheduled for release on July 11, 2023, via Third Man Records. The lead single, 'Causing Trouble Again,' comes with an artistically directed music video featuring notable women in the arts. Birch reflects on the creative inspiration behind the video, discussing her use of ladders as a metaphor for ascent and how she engaged fellow artists to create a collaborative work that celebrates women's voices in art and music.
For the 'Causing Trouble Again' video, after hearing Bob Dylan sing about a white ladder all covered with water, I became obsessed with white ladders. I decided to use five white ladders, three with seven rungs.... I realized later that this references Jacob's Ladder and a connection from Earth to heaven, but I think I was thinking of ladders as a symbol of getting on, getting up.
I wanted to have a choreographed movement with four of us with these ladders. How do we move with ladders? Do we move together, do we fight, do we dance?
I ended up inviting all the artist musician women I knew who could make the shoot, and it was a fantastic meeting of great women, many of whom had never met each other before.
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