Humanity likes to think of itself as evolved, civilised, elevated above the natural world, but in reality people are animals just like any other. We’re not a cut above the world we share, we are part of it, connected to it. We are of the wild, and the wild lives in us still. Yet so much of modern society’s expectations seem to revolve around taming that part of our spirit and putting us in neat little boxes. We’re told to grow up and bury our inner child deep within. Women are conditioned all their lives to be prim and proper, seen and not heard. But in trying to rise above our deeper nature, we lose touch of what makes us human. Anger, joy, sorrow, desire – they’re made to be felt, not hidden away.

Hot on the tail of last year’s singular debut record Between the Moon and the Milkman, rising star Amelia Coburn returns with her empowering new single ‘Something Wild’. An impassioned reminder to remain true to yourself, and break free of the shackles of societal expectations, it truly feels like Amelia’s best work yet. The gorgeous, sweeping string arrangements. The galloping rhythm that has all the momentum of a feral beast on the prowl. The striking video that flips the script on a classic fairy tale and sees Red Riding Hood release her inner wolf. It all adds up to make ‘Something Wild’ the most bewitching slice of gothic folk I’ve heard all year.