Caravãna Sun have just dropped the video for their most recent single “Stella,” reminding all of us just how good this song is. This is one of those tracks that’s really grown on me since its release. I always enjoyed it, but over time I’ve come to really appreciate its upbeat vibe and deeply personal lyrics. It’s easy to miss the message when you’re grooving along, but once you tap into it listening to this song becomes so much more rewarding.
Caravãna Sun frontman Ant Beard said he was inspired to write the song after a close friend suffered a miscarriage. The song looked to celebrate the joy, excitement and positive energy this unborn life had brought to the world before their passing.
“‘Stella’ was written as a reminder that even in the darkest of times, there’s always a shift that goes on inside of people. A changing of perspective or a lens on the life we’d never seen through before,” he explained. “I wanted to remind my friend that even though they’d never get the chance to hold their baby, there’d been a monumental shift in them. A light I’d never seen before; energy behind every word, that spoke with such deep empath and true authentic excitement for what this new life meant to them.”
Ant decided to keep the track a secret right up to the day the band stepped into the studio. Changing the approach brought a new spontaneous energy to the song which I think really works.
“Normally, we’d work on our parts in pre-production and be very prepared, but there was something different about this song. Some quiet voice, that wanted to put everyone on the spot and see how they’d relate and what they’d play after hearing it for the first time,” he said. “It created an energy in the studio that was beyond special and turned the song into something truly greater than the sum of its parts.”
Catch Caravãna Sun at one of their upcoming shows:
10 April 2021 – Great Lakes Paddocks, Wootton
30 April 2021 – Divers Tavern, Broome
1 May 2021 – Divers Tavern, Broome
Image used with permission from Guerilla Music Promotions
