This month’s PRESS PLAY artist is Toronto-based artist Olivia Pasquarelli, the “alt-rock angel” who performs under the name Baby O. Full discloure that Olivia is a former DOMINIONATED contirbutor, and we are thrilled that she’s sharing the song “Dark Blue,” an early Baby O demo, with our subscribers this month. Here’s what Olivia had to say about the origins of the song:
“Dark Blue” was the first song I wrote as Baby O back when I started the project in 2019. At the time, I was listening to a lot of Americana, roots rock and artists like Lucinda Williams, Margaret Glaspy and The Band.
I had written the lyric “below my fingers I feel the strings resonate with all of me” on a piece of paper in 2015, after I started taking guitar lessons again as an adult. I’ve been playing guitar my whole life, but there have been many times where I stepped away from it to focus on less fulfilling things.
I didn’t really know what I was trying to say when I wrote “Dark Blue.” I just let the lyrics flow out of me. At first, I thought it was a love song, but over the years the meaning has evolved. In making “Dark Blue,” I learned that my music often knows the truths in my heart before I am even aware of them myself.
I’d like to thank John Kennelly for showing me that I am allowed to make music. John also played guitar and bass on this demo. Shout out to Matthew Chalmers for playing drums, keys and mixing the thing.
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