Today, Lee Emi (Emilee Petersmark of The Crane Wives), announced her debut solo album DESTROY EVERYTHING, set for release on October 2. Leaning into the sharp bite of her dark indie-pop-rock sound, the project is less an act of demolition than reinvention – a collection of songs that confronts uncertainty head-on and discovers that self-definition is not a destination, but a lifelong act of creation.
Alongside the announcement, Lee Emi has shared her new single and video, ‘Clean Slate.’ The powerful indie-rock track explores the tension between escape and renewal with a yearning to leave the past behind and start over. Paired with a cinematic video, the track captures the search for a clean slate in the face of lingering uncertainty.
Lee Emi explains, “‘Clean Slate’ is a song that deeply considers the option of giving up and starting over. It contemplates the point you reach after making more mistakes than you can fix, wondering if it’d be easier to seek out a new start rather than try to clean up your mess. The song also touches on what you bring with you when you start over, all the things you can’t run from.”
DESTROY EVERYTHING:
- Black Hole
- Spinning Plates
- Empty Spaces
- I Warned You
- Destroy Everything
- Smoke In Empty Rooms
- Margaret
- Before The Lights Went Out
- Fuck Me Up
- Clean Slate
- Don’t Wake Me Up
