…nothing but time, SHARKK HEARTT How to Love
Sharkk Heartt How to Love is available on Tidal, Bandcamp, Spotify
by Walter Price
Tucson’s Sharkk Heartt (Lara Ruggles) returns to the scene with a fresh new jazzy-pop track “How to Love” that turns her anxieties into a love song. In a quote provided to the GTC, Ruggles shares, “I never thought I’d be someone who shares my phone location with someone. That might have felt intrusive 10 years ago, but how else are you supposed to know that person isn’t dead?”
Joining forces with Kevin Larkin in creating this lo-fi groove of samples and emotional truths, “How to Love” may find Sharkk Heartt at her most vulnerable and, wait for it, hopeful. In an uncertain post-pandemic world, that says a lot for an artist/activist whose been pretty open about the downsides of trust and the world at large.
The indelible single comes replete with a homegrown music video that finds Ruggles exploring the complexities of finding the one and all the possible tragedies that could interrupt it all. The Freddy Jay Walker-directed visuals are a balance of romance and dark-humored uneasiness. And you can stream “How to Love” and see its video, now at the GTC.
SHARKK HEARTT How to Love
Artist photo and quote courtesy of Public Display PR
Lara Ruggles: vocals, electronic samples
Kevin Larkin: electronic samples, engineering, and production
Andrew Bates: bass
Autumn Dominguez: tenor and alto saxophone
Aaron Strumpel: trumpet
Frank Bair: mastering
VIDEO
Directed by Freddy Jay Walker
Cinematography by Avai D’Amico
Camera operator, Mikayla Mendoza
Starring: Lara Ruggles and Freddy Jay Walker
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We’ve got nothing but time
Time would have us believe but he’s a thief
Time will take it all from me
I’m out of luck I am the hypochondriac
Who cannot get back what I already have…