This Americana masterpiece “State Of Denial” by Chelsea Lovitt is one of the best songs we’ve heard lately! Chelsea’s voice is a piece of art, she has one of the best voices for this kind of music! The vibe is very catchy and the lyrics are original and well written. The song is about being distant from love & we’re all distanced at the moment. The melody is so beautiful and Chelsea’s vocal performance is on another level. The song comes with an amazing video that provides a better experience while listening. The production is simple and beautiful and this artist Chelsea Lovitt is a legend of her generation. You’ll get stuck singing this song long after it’s over!
WHAT THE ARTIST SAYS ABOUT THIS SONG:
I wrote this song on a harmonica in a field in Delaware the month before going in the studio. It was 5 in the morning and I’d been listening to Dylan. I had ambitions and ideas for this record to be influenced by Blonde on Blonde of course, and since we were doing it on tape and in Nashville I’d been listening to that and Nashville Skyline obsessively. I wrote this when I was in love, after not ever really being in it. It examines psychological issues that maybe stem from being from Mississippi because for some reason we’re prone to be emotional hoarders and it’s hard to “sift through that pile” when it comes to letting go and living in the moment or especially being in love. The song reflects on what wasn’t love and what is and why sometimes it’s a bittersweet “can’t be,” because distance and/or your own neuroses get in the way.
Now distance is mandated and viruses are in the way.
And it’s kind of like the predicament we have on Valentines this year when we have to socially distance ourselves and a lot of lovers can’t be together, and maybe this year has been a soul distancing folks like me have actually needed to figure out and “sift through” our own internal crap and be better people. When else could we have done that in this fast-paced world? It’s also been a test of what it means to really love somebody, especially when you can’t physically be with them.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Fiery and politically-forward Mississippi-bred, Nashville-based musician Chelsea Lovitt is back with a brand new video for her song “State Of Denial.” Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the song reflects on what wasn’t love and what is, and why sometimes it’s a bittersweet “can’t be,” because distance and/or your own neuroses get in the way. And now, distance is mandated and viruses are in the way*.
Lovitt struck a deal with video guru Joshua Shoemaker (Nicole Atkins, Marcus King Band, Vanessa Carlton, and more), to shoot the music video for “State Of Denial” – he filmed her while she drove her band van around Nashville delivering flowers, making people happy while she’s singing about being separated from her loved ones. Then, two weeks before lockdown, Chelsea put out an album in what was supposed to be “her year,” with a tour planned that had to be canceled, like so many other artists. To add fuel to the dumpster fire that was 2020, Chelsea had arranged to sell her van in order to pay for this music video, in part. On the way to the airport to meet the guy who’d bought it from her (who had flown in to drive back to his home state), it died. For good.
The song was inspired by the sounds of Bob Dylan and examines psychological issues that stem from compartmentalizing your feelings and how that hampers your ability to let go and be in the moment.
“And it’s kind of like the predicament we have on Valentines this year when we have to socially distance ourselves and a lot of lovers can’t be together,” she says. “Maybe this year has been a soul distancing folks like me have actually needed to figure out and sift through our own internal crap and be better people. When else could we have done that in this fast-paced world? It’s also been a test of what it means to really love somebody, especially when you can’t physically be with them.”
Chelsea is hilarious, a fantastic blend of sass, swagger, and hip-shaking defiance..rock n’ roll and rockabilly, psychedelic country with the underlying lyrical rebellion of 60s folk. Every song on her latest record, You Had Your Cake, So Lie In It,is a sparkling gem – whether it’s sifting through the emotional storage facility of emerging adulthood or red wine-fueled philosophizing, Lovitt’s got the goods, and she’s got it in spades.
