Rubberband Girl’s debut single ‘South Suburban Weekend’ earned their first wave of discovery, with tastemaker attention from Notion, Women In Pop and House of Solo adding to previous positive comparisons to Susanne Sundfør and Kate Bush. There’s now much more to come from Rubberband Girl – founded and fronted by Caitlyn Scarlett – starting today with the new single ‘Star In A Reasonably Priced Car’.
While ‘South Suburban Weekend’ saw Rubberband Girl cook up a summer feast of indie-pop, acid jazz and trip-hop, ‘Star In A Reasonably Priced Car’ adventurously blends a different array of genres. Possessing a diva-esque voice with bohemian charm, Caitlyn’s soulful vocal crowns a track which sits somewhere between modern bedroom pop and a ’90s radio hit, all with an engagingly unorthodox country undercurrent. Her cynical but sharp-witted lyrics explore her experiences within the music industry – and especially the pressure to fit in with ever-changing trends and styles. But eventually the advice becomes an overwhelming “BLAH BLAH BLAH” of noise, so what else can you do but follow what you believe in?
Caitlyn says, “I wrote ‘Star In A Reasonably Priced Car’ as a country infused, ironically poppy, complaint about the highs and lows of being a modern songwriter. It’s about finding yourself becoming a vehicle for other people’s dreams and ideas, and being subject to constant critique and pressure. Despite being the creative backbone of the music industry, we writers are often undervalued and separated from our musical own identities. The title is in reference to a segment on the now cancelled show Top Gear, which was my childhood dream to appear on”.
The song’s video takes a literal interpretation of its lyrics. Caitlyn stars as a taxi driver tasked with ferrying around every type of person imaginable including girls on a hen night, sports lads, eccentric middle-class characters, a banjo player and an over-enthusiastic bedroom producer. The passengers may change, but Caitlyn remains at the wheel endlessly driving in circles. It was directed by Jack Wiles.
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