“I am dedicating this to William Gibson Gordon - a Spitfire pilot who was killed in action by an Me109 at just 20 years old. The song ends how I imagine his falling Spitfire sounds to me, like an angel losing its extraordinary wings.”
Speaking on the album and the stirring imagery that accompanies it, Heartworms explains: “I’ve been chastised my whole life; made to feel as if I didn’t belong, punished for not fitting into a perfect image of how a growing woman should be. When you’re told something enough times you start to believe it. I often find myself locked into an unhealthy cycle of craving harsh discipline, greedy for the familiarity it brings but terrified of the consequences - better the devil you know. But this album doesn’t just reflect my own experiences; it reflects those of the people in my life and the stories of others that I think need to be heard.”
“Gilbert Trejo and I were lucky enough to enlist the help of an incredible blacksmith called Gus Baldwin. I’m wearing his ‘Brutal Bridle’, a take on the scold’s bridle, a medieval instrument of punishment intended to publicly humiliate and silence women.”
Gilbert Trejo adds: “For the video of Warplane I kept thinking of Jojo as Ares watching William Wyler’s [1942 film] Mrs. Miniver. Standing over this horrible war and experiencing the loss herself. She’d told me the story of William Gibson Gordon, and seeing how the death of this young man nearly 100 years ago moved her, was touching. It was like she was there”
