"Alligator Farm," the new single from Rosetta West, is a fully embodied plunge into the murky depths of the supernatural South, where reality warps and something unrepentantly primal takes root. Part fever dream, part bayou horror story, this track oozes cloying charm and unsettling intrigue.
"Alligator Farm," is about a night watchman on an alligator farm who meets the mysterious, possibly mythic Alligator Queen. It remains ambiguous as to whether she seduces or curses him (or both), but one thing is sure: he's never the same. Infected with her blood, he's condemned to an existence of bizarre contagion, blundering through life, relaying his affliction like some shadowy, swampborn legend.
"Alligator Farm," the melody slithers like a meandering river while the groove settles in with an intoxicating, swampy strut. Rosetta West walks the line between the creepy and the captivating, draping the haunting tale in a soundscape as contagious as the song's doomed protagonist.
There's a perverse sense of frivolity underneath the horror, too, like a ghost story swapped around a ghoulish and irresistible campfire. Through deceptively simple storytelling, multi-dimensional instrumentation, and an aura that clings long after the final note, "'Alligator Farm" is the tune that sinks its teeth in and never lets go. After one listen, you may find yourself dreaming of the Alligator Queen yourself.
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