I met Charlotte for the first time when I interviewed her about the band she was about to release an album with Delain in early 2020 (just before the pandemic). She said many people expect female singers in rock and metal to be tame and timid followers of the obviously genious, composer males in the band. Not Charlotte. She has a pen as sharp as a blade, and she is not afraid to use it. When the band collapsed she started to make a new song every month for her Patreon page, that soon provided her with an income, two compilation records on vinyl with Napalm Records and a solo show in one of the biggest venues in the Netherlands. Smart, brave and cool, and well deserved: her dreamy music that drifts from rock to pop to metal and back really is a next step for the great great singer ánd composer (and person) that Charlotte Wessels is. This song is not on her new album, but was exclusive for her Patreons. And now it's here, too!

This is what she said about it:

"I made this track right after I watched Stranger Things season 4, and because I'm basic, the song is inspired by it. I found a sample of a super ominous sounding clock, which you can hear four times in every verse (because in the show the clock strikes four times every time someone dies). The working title of the song was 'Vecna's Clock'. Guido Aalbers (mix and master engineer) and I had some discussions about the drums; “are they wrong or are they prog?” I considered simplifying for a second but then I thought: this is for a compilation by Peter so no such thing as too prog!"

Charlotte Wessels is:

Charlotte Wessels: Charlotte Wessels