Deeper - Octavia Red - A Kiss Of Red -26.12.2024-

The first proper single. A trip-hop beat warped to sound like a broken heart monitor. Lyrically, Octavia Red describes a dinner date gone wrong. The “kiss of red” here is literal: red wine spilled on a white tablecloth, a metaphor for reputation destroyed. The hook— “Your love is a stain / I wear it proudly” —is destined for the dark cabaret clubs of Berlin and Brooklyn.

Deeper – Octavia Red – A Kiss of Red Date: December 26, 2024 Deeper - Octavia Red - A Kiss Of Red -26.12.2024-

The closing suite clocks in at 11 minutes. It begins with a smacking sound (the kiss) and devolves into a drone note that lasts the final four minutes. No vocals. Just the color red slowly fading to black. It forces the listener to sit in the aftermath of the story. There is no resolution. There is only deeper silence. The first proper single