Today the eclectic and prolific artist Chase Cohl is sharing a Giovanni Ribisi-directed microfilm for her track “Special Situation” from her EPDear Dear: Volume 1, which she released earlier this Spring. The video stars actors/influencersLuka Sabbat and Duke Nicholson, and with appearances by George Cortina andMarissa Ribisi. Chase joined forces with the fellow creatives when her house had to be tented for termites during the COVID lockdown, and she escaped to the mostly empty and unstaffed Chateau Marmont in LA, where Sabbat, Nicholson, Cortina, and more were residing. From this bizarre event, they were able to collaborate on the special video.
Chase is also releasing a Laura Beth Schneider-directed lyric video for the song to be enjoyed in its entirety.
The published poet, songwriter, artist, fashion designer, and Littledoe Accessories creator co-wrote Dear Dear: Volume I with keyboardist/songwriter Barry Goldberg (Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Ray Charles, Gladys Knight). Joined by producerLoren Humphrey (The Last Shadow Puppets, Guards, Willowz), Chase discovered Valentine Studios in Los Angeles. A true “time capsule,” it served as the site for seminal recordings by The Beach Boys and Elvis before closing its doors in the late sixties before recently reopening – proving to be perfect for her vintage sound. Other collbarotors on the EP include Tyler Parkford (Mini Mansions), Benji Lysaght (Father John Misty, Beck), Rodrigo Amarante (Little Joy), James Richardson (MGMT), Benjamin Booker, and more.
Born in Canada to a mother (featured at 18 years old on the Dear Dear: Volume 1Album Cover) and father deeply immersed in both the ethos and business of music, Cohl spent much of her youth on the road with the Rolling Stones, citing Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood as her “style icons” to this day. She quietly picked up piano before eventually moving on to guitar and banjo during her college days as a poetry major in New York City where she devoured the works of Jerome Rothenberg, Henry Miller, Arthur Rimbaud, and others.
Simultaneously, she drew on a lifelong passion for sewing and unassumingly crafted the debut collection of LittleDoe’s headpieces in 2009. She sold her first to none other than Fergie following a chance encounter in an NYC restaurant. In the midst of presciently building Littledoe into a Vogue-endorsed early progenitor of the modern Boho movement sported by Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, the characters of Schitt’s Creekand other fashion icons, she penned countless songs.
Post-graduation, the budding musician traded the Big Apple for Laurel Canyon. “I had this dream of smoking weed in a long floral dress,” she laughs. “The idea of California was always very inspiring to me.” Between performing alongside the likes of Cory Chisel and Cameron Avery as well as on a series of Best Fest shows, she released singles “Windsong” and “Blue Eyes” to early praise from Nylon, Exclaim, and more. In the middle of a 2016 tour with Lissie (and a breakup), she started to work on the songs that would eventually comprise her 2018 independent full-length debut, Far Away and Gone.
