H.C. McEntire has revealed her official music for One Great Thunder taken from her latest album Lionheart. The video was shot while McEntire was in Los Angeles playing solo dates.
Director Vice Cooler:
H.C. and I met in the fall of 2016 while in London performing together for a Raincoats + Angel Olsen collaborative concert. We decided immediately that we had to work together more in the near future.
We randomly ran into each other while she was in Los Angeles this spring and decided to make an impulsive video for LIONHEART. From the point of us deciding to do it, up until the final edit, we just let it be what it was: a creative idea reflective solely of this unplanned moment, all completed in a 24-hour period.
“One Great Thunder” is also my favorite song that H.C. has written. For me, it brews deeply in the feeling of loss, best described by Laurie Anderson as “to live in the gap between the moment that is expiring and the one that is arising.”
In his review of the album Ken Abrams described the track as a “gospel-tinged dirge”. In his review he concluded:
“Lionheart” stands tall on its own, but it’s also part of the movement of female country artists who are trying to reclaim traditional country music from the clutches of the establishment dominated “bro- country” sound. This album is a step in the right direction.
Shortly after that review, William Patrick Owen caught McEntire live at The Islington which you can read here.
McEntire is touring with S. Carey through July 24 and wraps up summer with full-band shows supporting Pedro the Lion. She’s back in the U.K. in November with Natalie Prass. See dates below.
H.C. McEntire Tour Dates
Oct 26 Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge#
Oct 28 Asheville, NC – The Grey Eagle#
Nov 02 Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club%
Nov 03 Manchester, UK – YES (The Pink Room)%
Nov 05 Bristol, UK – The Fleece%
Nov 07 Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms%
Nov 08 London, UK – Electric Brixton%
Nov 11 Copenhagen, DK – Hotel Cecil%
Nov 13 Hamburg, DE – Uebel & Gefährlich (Turmzimmer)%
Nov 14 Berlin, DE – Bi Nuu%
Nov 15 Munich, DE – Orangehouse%
Nov 16 Düdingen, CH – Bad Bonn%
Nov 18 Cologne, DE – Studio 672%
Nov 19 Brussels, BE – Botanique%
Nov 20 Paris, FR – Café De La Danse%
Nov 21 Utrecht, NL – EKKO%
* w/ S. Carey
^ w/ Pedro the Lion
# w/ Amy Ray
% w/ Natalie Prass
Photo Credit: Heather Evans Smith