Rosa Bordallo - "Citadel"

Photo by Varvara Mikushkina

While we loved the gorgeous simplicity of Rosa Bordallo's debut single, "Lost on the Coast," her follow up is decidedly more rock. "Citadel" isn't quite a punk rager, but compared to the previous song this one shreds. Beneath Bordallo's vocals creeps a growling guitar just waiting to be unleashed throughout the song. When it finally does it absolutely tears away, barely in control. The aggression within the song is due to the subject matter. According to Bordallo:  

"'Citadel' is about Capitalist vultures in the concrete jungle. A balls-to-the-wall angry eff you to the 1 percenters who suck us dry. I wrote this out of frustration with the myth of New York ('if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere') that attracts bright and ambitious folk who may not realize what they're getting into until it's too late."

You can listen to "Citadel" below. Reef Walker, the debut solo album from Rosa Bordallo, will be out October 18 on Time Castle Recordings. You can pre-order the album here. For more on Rosa Bordallo, check out her Facebook.