Chosen by Monk
This Dublin alt-prog project addresses the challenge of not feeling right in your skin and wishing you had another #Vessel as it reflects the deeply emotive, personal and reflective trans experience of frontwoman Sarah Dexter as she embarked on that very journey.
Sarah says:
I always knew that I was different, but didn’t quite know how. I don’t think anyone would have guessed that I would end up trans, which shows how limitless our limited vessels are. The song examines the idea that our physical forms are restricting but hold an endless capacity for change.
Our Vessels constrain us, but they also connect us and set us free.
She goes on to say:
There can be constant turmoil for people who exist outside rigid gender/sexuality binaries. Transitioning in terms of name and hormones and label is a journey, and it all takes a while. But I knew presenting femme, as my true self, had to happen. I changed the Vessel and the Vessel changed me, and everything else followed in its own time.