"We don't know but we all wish we knew her..."

Violet

Written, produced, and performed by Chemise Cagoule

#1 QUEER TRACK of 2015 by BULLETT MAGAZINE

"Chicago-based solo act Chemise Cagoule is one we’ve always had a personal fascination with. Singer Jack Collier’s acute awareness of pop aesthetics is met with an eerie underground edge to create a surreal post-breakup persona glittered with the inevitable grit of DIY bedroom production. “Violet Pt. II” shatters the standards for traditional song structure by piecing together climaxes and lulls at unexpected intervals. Collier nails lyrical pop superficiality when he asserts the dramatic line, 'And then we crashed and burned; at least we rode in style.'"

Violet Pt. II

"'Come away when the lights go down and I'll/Take you through the window where you lie,' beckons Chemise Cagoule mastermind Jack Collier, and with that invitation, he shows us where he left his signature dream-pop sound: out in the sun to fade. 

There, he's joined by guest vocalist Khallee, another Chicago-underground native, who recently released the explosive "Crying Diamonds" EP.  With drowning harmonies and distant-yet-intimate confessions, Chemise Cagoule and Khallee paint a bitersweet picture, one that glows with the naivety of a past summer's fling but hides an ominous inscription behind its soaring instrumental chorus: 

'You said you'd leave this town and you'd take me/
You said we'd make it out or we're both dead.'

"Humble Boy Erotica" is Chemise Cagoule's third release and follows his acclaimed first singles, the dreamy "Violet" and her nightmarish sister, "Violet Pt. II." Stream the track featuring Khallee below." - 1833.fm

Humble Boy Erotica (ft. Khallee)

Performance and production by Chemise Cagoule, featuring Pangelica on synths. Written by Hannah Robinson, Pascal Gabriel, Paul Statham
Originally released by Rachel Stevens, Polydor Records

I Will Be There

"A twisted pop star [...] Chemise Cagoule builds a bridge between terror and glamour, pop aesthetics and punk intentions." - Bullett Magazine

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