Today, Toronto-based songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and long-time Fast Romantics member Kirty releases her anticipated new solo album We Are All On Fire via Postwar Records. Listen to the album HERE. Alongside the LP release, Kirty has unveiled the official music video for the emotionally charged “You Ripped My Heart Out”.
Says Kirty of the track, “You Ripped my Heart Out is a raw, unfiltered, and to-the-point explosion of emotion from my gut to yours.”
Directed by Fast Romantics bandmate and songwriting partner Matthew Angus, the video for “You Ripped My Heart Out” sees a broken-hearted Kirty taking out her emotions on a vintage car. “Welcome to my brain and my processing methods. Saucy song about having your heart ripped out + video where you get to smash some things = closure, peace of mind, and a hurtful event successfully processed, shares Kirty. “The moment we started making this video, I realized it was the perfect visual for this track. Simple, raw, and real.”
“You Ripped My Heart Out” follows the dreamy, fuzzy mid-tempo single Turn You On”, the poignant, grungy, distortion-rich single, “God Help Us” and the melancholy early 90s-inspired track “This Year’s Been Hell”. The singles found support on marquee playlists like Spotify’s New Music Friday Canada, Indie Playlist BIRP! and Indie to go and garnered praise from outlets like Ottawa Life, Exclaim!, Spill Magazine, Dusty Organ and ET Canada who dubbed Kirty “the coolest woman in the province.”
Co-produced with long-time collaborator Josh Van Tassel and Fast Romantics bandmate/songwriting partner Matthew Angus, for Kirty, the 9 tracks that make up We Are All On Fire just seemed to pour right out of her. Having transitioned from her 20’s to her 30’s, the nine tracks that make up We Are all On Fire bookmark this new section of her life. The result is a deeply personal collection of songs that sees the songwriter confronting and reflecting on the heaviness of impermanence and mortality, everyday humans and their impact on everything; both good and bad, and the many faces of love. We Are All On Fire is bold and deeply honest, externalizing the songwriter’s internal world.
