Premiere: Aleesha Dibbs – Battalion

We’re excited to today premiere the new single, Battalion, from Aleesha Dibbs’ upcoming EP, Paradise Lost.

The multi-instrumentalist’s (Dive Bell, Prudence, Lorelei, Double Vision, Mvlholland, Lisa Mitchell, Angus and Julia Stone) forthcoming debut solo EP soundtracks a process of transformation and self-actualisation.

Contrary to the innumerable, seductive, and feel-good narratives being volleyed at us, Paradise Lost challenges the expectation that change and growth are supposed to feel good.

The press release regarding the EP states: “We make difficult decisions in desperate circumstances, and stride forward with an expectation that small celebrations of hope and agency will hold our hands and carry the weight of the phantom limbs that never leave us.”

Produced and engineered by Tom Crandles (DMA’s, Prudence, AURA) and mixed by Kim Moyes (The Presets) Paradise Lost turns from more algorithmically-engineered honey traps, and instead chooses to stare down the demons that cling to us in spite of our best efforts.

Check out Battalion here:

Stream the song from your preferred service here.

Photo by Mclean Stephenson.