judgment day by Larissa Rook

I wrote this song in 2018 after reading Christine Blasey Ford's testimony during the Brett Kavanaugh trial. I was deeply moved, upset, outraged, and sad. I felt frustrated and helpless. I have never written anything intentionally "political" in my life. But I felt compelled to do something. But what? What could I do? What did I know? Well, I know what it is like to be a woman. I am a woman. And I am a mother. And I want my child to grow up in a world where people believe women. So, I sat down at my piano and wrote and recorded a live version of "judgment day" and immediately put it out on YouTube and Facebook while we all waited for the verdict. It was such an emotional experience. I was shaking when I pressed the publish button on Facebook and YouTube. I was scared. I am glad I did. I am glad I took the chance because it seemed to resonate with people. With women. A short time after posting the song, I got asked to play "Art as Activism" (a fundraiser in my hometown of Wimberley, Texas) where I performed the song live for the first time. I recently recorded a studio version and it will appear as a track on my forthcoming album. I don't want to wait for the album to share the final version of this song so I am releasing it now as a single. Believe Women.

Larissa Rook (aka Larissa Dalle and former keyboardist/singer for Wormwood Scrubs) to release self-recorded/produced album in 2020.