Lingua Ignota has unveiled their new single “Perpetual Flame of Centralia” today.

For the track’s remarkable visual, which can be seen below, Ignota collaborated with director Emily Birds and fashion designer (and Sargent House labelmate) Ashley Rose Couture. Ignota said this about working with Couture on the visual:

“I first saw Ashley’s work long before I was able to wear it, and it spoke to me as a longtime fan of the aesthetics and theory of fashion. Her designs transform the wearer into something outside themselves, armor that allows one to embody fantasy or nightmare. Working collaboratively with Ashley has been a dream, I have been able to explore the ideas of my record with wearable art. I chose to wear her mask on the cover of SINNER GET READY because it held the sharp dichotomy of my music; it was chaste and erotic, exquisite and grotesque. For the PERPETUAL FLAME OF CENTRALIA video, the expressive capacity of her garments are meditated upon in juxtaposition to the stark, desolate quality of my song. It is the material vs. the immaterial, and the result is languid and dreamy and wonderfully claustrophobic.”

Couture added:

“Upon meeting Kristin, I felt a genuine connection, both personal and creative, which has only grown this past year working together. To watch someone turn so much pain into art and continue to pick themself up and push on over and over again is exactly what this collection is about. I want the person who wears these pieces to feel strong and empowered no matter how overwhelming or suffocating life can become. Even when it continues to return. You can keep fighting or let the fog swallow you.“

“Perpetual Flame of Centralia” comes from Ignota’s forthcoming studio album Sinner Get Ready, which will arrive on August 6 via Sargent House. Pre-orders for the release can be made here.

Lingua Ignota tour dates

Oct 17, 2021 New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge

Nov 8, 2021 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall

June 2, 2022 Barcelona - Primavera Sound

Oct 13-15, 2022 Porto, Portugal - Amplifest