Anna Calvi has enlisted Perfume Genius for a cover of the Bonnie “Prince” Billy classic “I See a Darkness.” The song accompanies the recent launch of Calvi’s new Substack, Carving Silver in Strange Weather, a home for unreleased songs, playlists, and writings on music. Watch the cover’s Alexander Brown–directed video, about two friends on a night out in London, below.
Calvi said in a press release, “So many songs are about romantic love. But I wanted to highlight the romance of the chosen family, the depth of connection that isn’t tethered to heteronormative ideals. It’s such a powerful song about the yearning for intimacy. I love inhabiting other people's songs. When I sing someone else’s words, I feel like I'm getting closer to myself somehow, because the songs I choose express something I can’t articulate.”
Calvi’s recent work includes scores for the final two seasons of Peaky Blinders, released in 2023. Her last albums were 2018’s Hunter and its guest-assisted companion LP Hunted. Perfume Genius release Glory this year.