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Rosetta West’s 'Circle of Doubt' Video Embodies Mysticism, Memory, and the Blues

thisaktmusic

25 May, 2025

In their latest outpouring of mystical blues-sonic rock from the Underground, 'Circle of Doubt', Rosetta West from Chicago conjures something ancient and hauntingly personal. Coinciding with the pagan holiday of Beltane, a festival of fire (and rebirth), 'Circle of Doubt' fuses rampaging blues guitar and psychedelia with the angst of spiritual unrest to craft a sonic ceremony. The viewing of the official music video only adds to the emotional heft of the song, providing context that draws the viewer further into the work around the struggle of relentless burnout and a more blessed state of creative breakthrough.

Quietly directed, applying a raw beauty, the official music video experience transports the viewer with an older man reminiscing about a lifetime shaped by heroic music, of playing music, and creating in an industry where all of our blood is spilled. His weathered face appears wise to earthly life and has seemingly bonded to a musical instrument that still speaks something devoid of time. This visual storyline completes 'Circle of Doubt' with pangs of nostalgia and spiritual reckoning, and its bleak (but hopeful) ethos.

Led by the mystifying Joseph Demagore, Rosetta West combines mysticism, world folk and psychedelic blues into a sound that is both meditative and raw. Full of intimacy and fiercely independent, Demagore collaborates with bassist/ producer Jason X and the elusive drummer Nathan Q. Scratch.

“Circle of Doubt” is merely a song, but rather an observation of the soul of the artist, and a challenge to escape the labyrinth.

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Bandcamp: https://rosettawest.bandcamp.com

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