Clara Day’s latest single, ‘This Wretched Thing,’ is a haunting journey into the heart of vulnerability, showcasing the Chester-based artist’s gift for weaving lo-fi folk textures with eerie cinematic undertones. With this release, Clara leans further into the spectral melancholy she hinted at in her debut, yet takes us somewhere even more intimate and emotionally unflinching.
The track is stripped back but deeply layered, with spectral harmonies and minimalist production that give it a ghostly resonance. Her voice, both fragile and commanding, guides the listener through a lyrical landscape that feels like an incantation, raw, poetic, and unnervingly beautiful.
Clara’s influences from the pastoral sadness of Vashti Bunyan to the shadowy allure of folk horror are present, but she reshapes them into something entirely her own. There’s a cinematic eeriness here, but also an ancient softness, likely influenced by her background in medieval music studies.
‘This Wretched Thing’ isn’t just a song, it’s a spell. It invites you to linger in its shadows and sit with your own ghosts. With this release, Clara Day cements her place as one of the most compelling emerging voices in folk music today.
