With her highly anticipated ninth album A Danger to Ourselves arriving in just under two months, Lucrecia Dalt has shared the third single from the album, ‘caes’, a dense and thunderous piece featuring the evocative voice of Mexican sound artist Camille Mandoki. Dalt cites Ana Mendieta and Evelyn McHale as poetic inspirations, tying the song’s lyrical content to meditations on legacy and tragedy. “Musically, I wanted to hint at a slowed-down and diluted dembow, but with a melodic energy that felt ancient,” she noted, continuing:

“It features my dear friend Camille. She has a unique voice that is rare to hear nowadays. I love it when female voices carry a certain depth, and they don’t spend too much time in the upper, breathy register. Poetically, it’s an amalgamation of various references; it examines the legacy of one’s life through the lens of tragedy. Ana Mendieta and Evelyn McHale were specific figures, in my mind.”

The single is offered with an accompanying video, shot between the American Southwest and Mexico City, which captures the same sense that Dalt describes: “It is in the act of surrendering oneself to falling that the total, the sublime, enters?”

Watch the video below and grab A Danger to Ourselves when it lands on September 5th through RVNG Intl.