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Creep brims with the bold paint-strokes of feeling when you become completely overcome by the attention of another. (‘A fine narcotic, having people in love with me’ Anne Sexton). This track is the most accessible of Olympia’s new work; it’s open-hearted, tongue-down-glass and imbued with the humour (or delusion) of someone imagining themselves navigating champagne towers while drinking ice-less Moscow Mules by the (plastic) jugful.
Musically, it bears the left-field pop mastery we have come to expect from an Olympia track – built to stand the test of time. The track builds in tension before breaking with the release of a Phillip Glass-esque breakdown. Lyrically it bears similarities to the straightforwardness of James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem). Co-produced with long-term collaborator Burke Reid and the second track to be released off the upcoming EP, Love for One (Reach-Around Records).
‘Every song is a love letter’, Creep hums with desire and the urge to devour without guilt or consequence, Creep is a playful flip on traditional narratives and assumed boundaries of gender, the self and the ‘other’, and very much written in the dust of artists such as Tracey Emin, Chris Kraus & Hannah Wilke. In addition to a film clip containing clips from cult sexploitation director, Doris Wishman, Olympia is supporting this release with a series of photographs titled ‘I wrote it down somewhere’. These photographs feature quotes by other artists with Olympia smudging or dragging wet paint across them. Shot from below the quotes resemble both a mirror to the song and window to the world looking through the lens of a quote such as: ‘If women have failed to make “universal” art because we're trapped within the “personal,” why not universalize the “personal” and make it the subject of our art?’ Chris Kraus. They also draw on sources including poets, The Pattern app and social media commentary – further bringing us into Olympia’s creative process. The archival nature of this work echoing the hundreds of emails and faxes Chris Kraus wrote to Dick (in I love Dick) – who, let’s be honest, was such a Dick.
lyrics
The salt-lick round the rim
start to kick in
One drink before I
let appetite win
Gotta stop
watching porn
and go back to living
in shadow
It don’t have to be real
And it don’t have to be deep
Let me be your creep
Was pinned there
in your light
overcome, come on
take a bite
Every song’s
A love letter
Burning for you
love to get to know you better
I made my bed but it is
impossible to sleep on
Let me be your creep
We’ll pay for it tomorrow
But tonight love is free
Let me be your creep
I don’t want
no I don’t want
to cost you anything
Not the words
the nicotine
or the child in your bed
You just say the word
and I’ll be be
anything you need
Let me be your creep
credits
released March 21, 2024
All songs written and produced by Olivia Bartley & Burke Reid
Mixed and mastered by Burke Reid at Wiz studios, London
Drums by Burke Reid, additional drums by Rohan Sforcina on Try Be Good, Leave Yourself Behind and Creep
Guitar & synths by Olivia Bartley
Bass by Burke Reid except for Everybody Leaves by Richard Bradbeer and Bill McDonald
Additional engineering by Rohan Sforcina on Try Be Good, Leave Yourself Behind and Creep
Additional recording at Head Gap Studios, Melbourne
Images: WILK
Graphic Design: Salmon & Ko
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