In April, the world was treated to Dawn Richard’s new album Second Line, hailed as a year-end contender by Entertainment Weekly, Billboard, Rolling Stone, Sound Opinions, Bandcamp, and more. Revisit the album’s centerpiece “Mornin | Streetlights” today, accompanied by a new music video shot in Richard’s hometown of New Orleans.
Like prior visuals “FiveOhFour (a lude)” and “Pilot (a lude),” “Mornin | Streetlights” was shot at City Park in New Orleans. Richard elaborates:
A major theme of Second Line is my desire to show New Orleans in ways that aren’t necessarily seen. I grew up going to City Park, right around the corner from my mom’s dance school; all of the school recital pictures feature the park in the background. I think City Park has this traditional beauty but also an alluring, haunting edge to it that makes it local. I wanted to marry the two with this visual, similar to fusing “Mornin” with “Streetlights.”
Pick up the latest issue of Rolling Stone for an in-depth interview in which Richard waxes poetic on Second Line, City Park, and the city that inspires her. For those interested in Hurricane Ida relief efforts around Louisiana, Richard encourages her fans to donate to World Central Kitchen and Habitat for Humanity.
Get your copy of Second Line today on CD and LP in the Merge store.
Dawn Richard on tour:
Sep 16 Ogden, UT – Ogden Twilight*
Sep 26 Boise, ID – Treefort Music Festival
Mar 24–27 Knoxville, TN – Big Ears Festival
* w/ Purity Ring
