Riding the kind of trajectory that positions her on the brink of breakout stardom, nu-goth disruptor Harpy has skyrocketed in a relatively short amount of time. Landing on alt' greater radar with infectious singles in "Medicine," and the stylize pop noir of tracks like :Slaughterhouse" and "Not My God Anymore" the genre blurring songstress has earned the moniker of Goth metal mommy among her ever-expanding, ever-p base of believers.
Harpy's continued emergence would result in well-earned touring stints with the likes of kindred non-conformists in WARGASM and Cassyette across the United Kingdom and Europe. Emphasizing her amalgam of goth-tinged alt, accented with elements of rock and pop, Harpy's ability to color outside the lines and bring it all to life live has only served to augment her allure.
Marking her arrival officially despite having already secured her position as alt-pop's nu goth firebrand, Harpy has unveiled her debut EP with the seven-deadly sins inspired, VII. An intoxicating concoction of electronic rhythms, alt accents and nu-metal/industrial leaning aesthetics, VII explores the sinister, salacious and unsavory side of humanity with the seven deadly sins navigating the spiral.
Offering a candid explanation of each entry of the EP, Harpy's exclusive track-by-track breakdown of VII reads like a confessional - embracing her transgressions in a way that resonates as ammunition with no apologies, sin as sermon.
"INFERNO" - WRATH
HARPY - Inferno is the story of push and pull I had with a lover once. We fought like tyrants, and once I was seeing red, my rage would stop at nothing until I had torn them apart for wronging me, metaphorically of course… I am very happy to take things to the darkest depths if you dare. It’s wiser not to cross me.
"LAST TIME" - LUST
HARPY - Last Time is about pure hedonism. Consuming passion like it’s the last few moments on Earth. the song was originally called Apocalypse, or if I’m being totally truthful, the demos say Fuckpocalypse. If you were going to fuck for the Last Time, you would hope it to be a biblical, Earth shattering experience. Go out with a bang, hey?
"CALL ME MOMMY" - PRIDE
HARPY - Call Me Mommy is a memoir to my days haunting the corridors of the underground fetish scene in London. It speaks of a specific power dynamic with a person who gives control to a dominant woman. Being a woman is an incredibly powerful gift, and there are layers to this particular dynamic I’d never be able to explain fully. This state of mind, brings out an incredibly proud side to anyone’s personality. Egos become hugely inflated, empathy wanes. All that power, everyone bending to your will. It’s enough to drive you mad.
"TORTURE" - GLUTTONY
HARPY - Torture is the sin of Gluttony. I have an addictive personality, and though I’ve had my fair share of struggles with substances, the one thing I’ve battled the most with is intimate relationships. I find myself painfully hungry for the love and the validation. In my younger years I chased it, hard, much to my own suffering. Putting myself in dangerous situations just to feel wanted. I gorged on physical interactions, hoping they would feed the soul, but instead all that meaningless intimacy ate away at me instead.
"DARK MATTER" - SLOTH
HARPY - ‘VII’ is constantly descending into darker emotions but we really feel the tables turn in Dark Matter. I once experienced a time when I didn’t want to live. The days blurred into one, I felt no joy, no misery, just nothingness. I faded away. There were others who tried to help, but when you disappear ‘into the grey’ like that, you have no will to change things, you just sink further into the abyss. I wanted to be left to decay like rotten fruit. I didn’t want saving. I just wanted silence.
"PRECIOUS" - GREED
HARPY - Precious is all about wanting to possess someone. I saw this person as a delicate, fragile little thing, and I wanted to hold and protect them from everything in the world. The feelings became obsessive and I wondered if it was ever reciprocated. I wanted to be so close to them, be inside their mind. Know everything about them, be everywhere with them. I was greedy with my thoughts of them. I wanted to lock them in a cage like a rare bird that only I could admire, safe from all others.
"BITTER" - ENVY
HARPY - The final offering of VII and the sin I’m most ashamed of. I try my hardest to fight jealousy as it serves no one, but it is a powerful emotion. I once loved someone who may have loved me, but they also loved another. They deceived me of the other love which I could always see and feel. The lies and deception drove me insane. I could taste the deceit in their hollow kisses. The jealousy I felt towards the other woman still haunts me, because she was worth more than I was. I now know my worth and power and no one can compete to be better at me than me (and vice versa) but sometimes we must just accept that these wounds may never truly heal.
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VII, the debut EP from Harpy is now available via Kartel Music - HERE
In support of the EP, Harpy will perform two of her biggest shows to date December 1st in London and December 2nd in Brighton - both of which are sold out.
