Album review
Lady Dan, the project of Austin-based singer-songwriter Tyler Dozier, has shared a new song from her upcoming debut studio album, I Am the Prophet. It’s called ‘No Home’ and it arrives with an accompanying music video, which you can check out below.
Lady Dan said in a statement about the song:
This is maybe the most vulnerable song on my record and I felt like there needed to be an equally vulnerable video to match it. I’m sure you can all tell by now, that I love symbolism and reading between the lines.
This song is about the ending of a 4.5-year abusive relationship amidst losing my dad and becoming estranged from my mom. It’s funny, I wrote the guitar for this song when I was 17, and I want to say it was originally supposed to be a worship song. I revisited the instrumentals a few years ago, and these lyrics came pouring out. I suppose it was something I really needed to process through music.
In the video, I’m stripped naked (as naked as I can be without making my grandma cry) and left there in all of my discomforts. It felt important to use my friends in this video — they represent the support I found in my feminine friendships during my loss and recovery. So they’re seen redressing me and tearing the veil, so to say.
I Am the Prophet is out April 23 via Earth Libraries. Previously, Lady Dan shared the album’s title track.
