There are times in life when it feels like the tendrils of despair have wrapped themselves so tightly around our existence, that simply taking another breath seems insurmountable. On Ptolemea‘s new song “Guilhotina”, Priscilla Da Costa (of Portuguese band Sinistro) brings a sharpened blade to these filaments of grief, relishing a new beginning and another chance at regaining control of the life we long to live. EIN has the luxury of premiering the video for this darkened slab of hope, and the Luxembourg artist shows us both visually and aurally that even in the darkest moments, light can sometimes find a way through.
‘With “Guilhotina”’ writes Costa, ‘I started to cut the cords that kept me stuck. It captures that fragile moment between ‘what the fuck am I doing’ and the deep knowing that something better is waiting.’
The song itself, the first single from upcoming album Kali, is a confident slab of doom. Shot in stark black and white, visually the video emulates the darkened energy of the song, with Costa’s powerful vocals soaring over the minor key dirge of the music. At times, Ptolemea conjures up early Paradise Lost, another band that dealt with trying to escape the death trap of despair.
As Costa says, the song is ‘melancholic and dark, but also full of energy and hope.’ It’s this latter part that makes the track so intriguing. Clearly “Guilhotina” exists in a world that struggles to celebrate the color that bathes it, and yet there’s an urgency and hope to it that implies there is always a way out.
Kali comes out on November 6th. Find out more about Priscila da Costa and her band Ptolemea at their website and show them some love by following them on their Instagram.
