Chastity Belt Announce New 7inch With Magical Video For 'Fear'

US indie alt-rockers Chastity Belt have unveiled their first new music in over a year, sharing the Tolkien-esque clip for the tune Fear.

The first single from an upcoming 7" Fake/Fear, the tune was a cathartic one for guitarist and songwriter Lydia Lund.

"I wrote the song a few summers ago based around a dream I had," she explained. 

"At one point in the dream, I was opening door after door, noticing the fear build, then dissipate upon opening, then build again when I realised there was yet another door. It felt like my dream was giving me practice in noticing my fear as something separate from the thing causing the fear, as something potentially more harmful and unbearable."

Lund continued, "about a year later I was recording vocals out at my parents’ place. My mum knocked on the door – ‘is there anything you want to talk to me about? Is there something you’re afraid of?’ At that point I’d become so detached from the lyrics of the song it took me a minute to realize she thought I was doing some kind of primal scream therapy. And I guess in a way I am." 

For director Eleanor Petry, the fantastical video was almost a passion project of sorts. "The Chastity Belt girls are some of my dearest friends, and working on these videos with them felt like the culmination of so many years of growing together," she said. 

"Cheryl Waters (of KEXP) connected us with her friend Holly Taylor, who has a film background and does Equestrian Therapy. Through her we were able to shoot with a whole herd of horses on this amazing property on Vashon Island."

Check out the video for Fear below.