Betty Black – “Spring Blossoms” MP3 (PopMatters Premiere)

Sylvia Gordon is a musical chameleon changing personas and genres with a natural ease. She has previously worked with Moby and Spank Rock, as well as working in various projects like Art World Killer, Sylvia Black and Vivian Alive! As Betty Black, Gordon steps into the guise of a “Southern gothic chanteuse” channeling the girl pop of the 1960s. Gordon explains her approach, “I used musical elements from the late ’50s and early ’60s as the backdrop for this project since people tend to want to look back fondly on this period in the U.S. as a time of simple innocence. Not unlike a good David Lynch film, I wanted to use that illusion of innocence while uncovering its dark undercurrents… which will further reveal themselves in Betty Black EPs to come.” This June she is releasing her debut EP, Slow Dance, as Betty Black and you can sample her new music via the new tune premiering today, “Spring Blossoms”.