#Grace Cummings’ “Storm Queen” is full of life

Grace Cummings’ “Storm Queen” creeps into life, starting out slow and skeletal before becoming overwhelming as the emotion spills out and the saxophones start to wail. Naturally, the song comes with a video that is similarly loud and proud. In the visual, seen below, Cummings begins with some choreographed moves in time with the music, a graceful presence in front of a red backdrop. That same color remains for the delicate moments but is swapped out for a striking blue when “Storm Queen” gets dirty and the sax strikes up. Cummings, in turn, switches, too. Her dance moves swapeped out for a crossbow with a rose for ammo.

“Storm Queen” is the title track from Cummings’ upcoming second album, due January 14 via ATO. Speaking about the song in a statement, Cummings said: “This song was the last one I wrote for the album, very quickly before recording. The song is also my favourite track on the whole album. Harry Cooper on the baritone and Cahill Kelly on the piano helped me make the song I had in my head come to life. They trusted my gut, even when things were sounding a bit freaky and it was unclear if my vision for the song would come together. I wanted this track to be fucking raw, and ugly, and full of gunfire, and dirt, and ruin. And it turned out even bigger than I’d imagined.”