Karen Elson performed the song live at Third Man Records in Nashville shortly before its official single release in May 2010. Collaborations:
Clara lived in a house that groaned against the wind, a drafty cottage on the edge of a town that took its Halloween decorations a little too seriously. But for Clara, the season wasn't about plastic pumpkins and polyester ghosts. It was about a shift in the atmosphere, a heavy, perfumed mood that Karen Elson seemed to understand perfectly. season of the witch karen elson
Karen Elson never followed up Season of the Witch quickly — her second album, Double Roses , would not arrive until 2017. But this debut remains a beautifully haunting artifact: proof that a true artist can step outside a celebrated career (modeling) and create something enduring. It is an album for autumn nights, for staring out rain-streaked windows, and for anyone who has ever felt like a ghost in their own story. Karen Elson performed the song live at Third
Clara moved to the window. Outside, the streetlights flickered, casting long, amber shadows that seemed to stretch impossibly long. In the glow, she saw the woman from the corner house, usually a timid thing in beige cardigans, striding down the sidewalk in a coat of crimson velvet. The neighborhood dogs, usually barking at the wind, sat silent, ears pricked as if listening to the bass line. It was about a shift in the atmosphere,
Throughout the record, flowers, moonlight, graves, and rivers appear as recurring imagery, tying the songs to folk tradition and natural cycles of death and rebirth.
However, Elson’s voice is the true centerpiece: a low, smoky, and bewitching contralto that hovers between a whisper and a warning. She never strains; instead, she lures the listener into her world of moonlit secrets and quiet tragedy.
“There’s a woman in the mirror, she’s getting older...”