Jammerzine has an exclusive interview with Italian artist Sir Petrol. While being the alter ego of Rebecca Magri, Sir Petrol is an artist that has already established a name for herself long before her new album album ‘Evil Design’ (via Elefante Rec) has dropped, which is today.
Having already made a name being a member of bands like Upupayāma (Fuzz Club), Kaptain Preemo, and Ayahuasca, and for her collaboration as sitar player with Boris Williams (The Cure), the experience has always been outshined by the originality of Sir Petrol herself.
In this interview, we talk with Sir Petrol about this diversity and originality as well as venturing out on her own with all things ‘Evil Design’.
‘Evil Design’
Electronic meets electrified, that’s the best way I can describe ‘Evil Design’ in just a couple words. It has a flow to it that shows the diversity of each track while putting the collectiveness and togetherness of the album on equal display.
‘Evil Design’ is not one of those albums you think you can get an overall feel simply by playing a few minutes of one of the songs. That will totally give you the wrong impression. If you read the list of bands Sir Petrol has been a member of or played with you can see there is much there stylistically to know that you can’t simply dismiss or dismay a single track of Sir Petrol’s.
While the messages of each track are individualistic, the collective message is how an individual can change the world, and starting by improving themself. That may not have been the intent, but good art is interpretive.
“For me, this album was a form of exorcism and denunciation. A necessary psychotherapy to reach a state of individual evolution and a study of today’s society. Songs like Enclosed, Cuts and Guts, and Made Out of Stone delve into the paranoia and lies we tell ourselves; however, I Wanna Look Good Naked, Swallow and Destroy, and Evil Design deal with the external influences imposed by society, standards, and events.”
Sir Petrol
About Sir Petrol
Sir Petrol is the alter-ego of Rebecca Magri, musician and composer from Parma (Italy), already known as a member of bands such as Upupayāma (Fuzz Club), Kaptain Preemo, and Ayahuasca, and for her collaboration as sitar player with Boris Williams (The Cure).
Rebecca started Sir Petrol in 2024 as her solo project, developing a polished yet accessible sound built on trip rock, psychedelia, and alt-pop, also incorporating jazz contaminations and rough guitar sounds, all tied up by Rebecca’s expressive and mature vocals, which range from velvety and harmonious to acid and fiery.
Sir Petrol can be imagined like a cosmonaut who, from above, beyond the atmosphere, observes the world and notes its evolutions (and involutions).
He studies them, faces them, and judges them.
Each song on the album sounds like a sentence, describing the mood and the feelings unconsciously triggered by watching the world passing by from a distance.
The introspective lyrics explore those complex feelings and the twisted human dynamics that often put individuals at risk.
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