In my head ‘Jocelyn’ belongs in the same musical universe as Ezra Furman’s ‘Can I Sleep in Your Brain?’ and T Rex’s ‘Cosmic Dancer’ but that’s just the way that I see it. It’s cinematic, wild and hopeful but also intricate in its loneliness. Doubtful and self-assured at the same time. There are certain songs that make me wish I had a record player because I can tell that they would sound even more ecstatic on vinyl. If I did have a record player I would play that song and dance around in my trailer which I do not have.
Jocelyn’s voice is characteristically deep and it holds you down as you walk around through the visual landscape of the song:
‘Night time’s my only friend
I walk with her again
Her name was Jocelyn
She had a worried grin
A mole upon her chin
It’s funny what you find when you look inside’
”Jocelyn” digs into the isolation of hiding a part of yourself and the euphoria of allowing it to shine through’. – Walt Disco
According to the singer, the song is a reflection of how alienating gender dysphoria can be, and lyrically it takes the form of a dreamlike conversation between the singer’s mother and herself. That contrast between isolation and euphoria echoes the rest of the album as well as it dissects the vulnerability of projecting a part of yourself that you used to hide.
In the music video we see the lead singer Jocelyn as her old self and as her new self, both of them walking through the night as they briefly encounter but don’t acknowledge each other at all.
You can now listen to ‘Jocelyn’ on all streaming platforms.
Walt Disco’s sophomore album ‘The Warping’ will be released on the 14th of June and they will embark on a UK/European tour in autumn starting on the 10th of November in Leeds and ending on the 31st of November at SWG3 in Glasgow. They will also play at ‘The Mighty Hoopla’ festival in Herne Hill as well as the ‘This Must be The Place’ festival in Leeds, both on the 1st of June.
