Alanis Morissette is angelic in "Guardian"

Alanis Morissette returns in fine form with her warbly, abnormal vocal as an angel in her just-released new video for bright guitar-pop jam, "Guardian," the lead single from 38-year-old Canadian superstar' upcoming album, "Havoc and Bright Lights," her first album in four years, which deals with themes of motherhood, politics, spirituality, philosophy, and due August 28. The clip is prove that she's growth as both a musician and a mother.
Commending its freshness and brightness, the pop rock song itself, aside from a riff-worthy chorus, is a bit more downtempo than fans of her earliest work have come to love. It's a bright guitar-pop jam that shines with instant Morissette familiarity while still managing to sound fresh, and sticks to the loud-quiet-loud alt-rock dynamic, keeping up that trend, and happily also feeling like old-school Morissette. Her warble still has the power to peel shingles off rooftops. Nonetheless, all it takes is one earful of her voice to remember what drew you onto Morissette's team way back when.
The clip was filmed in Berlin and continues the heavenly theme of her 'City of Angels' soundtrack contribution "Uninvited," featuring Morissette as guardian angel to the black-and-white city of Berlin, complete with big, feathery wings. "Guardian" carries on with the long-standing music video tradition of pop stars as emotive savior to the masses, though it's a bit unclear just how much of a "guardian" Morissette really is. According to Morissette, she sees the otherworldly spirit-role as linked to that of hers as a mother.
The clip introduces Morissette writing 'I'll be your keeper for life,' and then shows her as a guardian with wings overlooking the city, beneath her off a building. She begins singing the song, and we are provided with glimpses of the lives of the citizens in a city; a couple arguing with their teenage daughter caught in the middle; a young boy being bullied; and another couple situated with their child. During the chorus, Morissette is seen playing the guitar in a white-colored abstract room, along with her new band members, proclaiming she is 'your guardian.' The video concludes with all of the featured citizens looking above, realizing they have a 'guardian.'