After enduring one of many lowest factors in her life, Queen Kwong returns with an 'extraordinarily private' album about all of the feelings one feels when enduring the struggles of life.
From the darkish and industrial-tinted opening notes of “I Know Who You Are,” it’s clear that Queen Kwong‘s new album comes from a spot that’s intensely private and equally highly effective. All through eleven tracks, Queen Kwong (née Carré Kwong Callaway) unleashes a visceral howl of ache, rage, grief, sorrow, and in the end, closure. It’s the soundtrack to the longest night time of your life, the one which continues to inspire you ahead till the primary glint of the daybreak you by no means thought would come.
There’s the fury at being wronged on “EDMR ATM” (“Gave up the infant and the house wrecker received / She took the home and also you had your enjoyable”), a mirrored image on the vindictive nature of deceit in “Giver Taker Faker” (“Make me a God, give me your grace / We’ll name it even once you fall in your face”), and the peace that comes with acceptance, as seen on the nearer, “With out You, No matter.” General, Couples Solely is a stirring expertise from begin to end and one that may resonate with anybody who has been reduce, scraped, bruised, or crushed (metaphorically or actually) throughout their journey in life.
Although made throughout three weeks of improvisation – nothing was pre-written lyrically or musically, and every thing was recorded on the spot – Couples Solely basically started in 2018, when Carré was recognized with cystic fibrosis. Two months after that, her marriage fell aside, and she or he was left homeless with nothing however a suitcase and two guitars.
“Initially, I felt making Couples Solely was my solely strategy to name out wrongdoers, punch them within the throat and allow them to know that I do know who they are surely,” Queen Kwong tells HollywoodLife. “However, now that the document is out on this planet, I notice my intentions for it are deeper and larger than that. Despite the fact that the main points of the songs are extraordinarily private to me, anybody who has lived by way of adversity can relate to the feelings behind them. I would like Couples Solely to attach with these folks and reassure them that these feelings are legitimate.”
Couples Solely is Queen Kwong’s first album since 2018’s Love Me to Dying. Within the years between tasks, Carré took a break to deal with tasks outdoors the music realm. She graduated from college, based an all-natural skincare line known as B A T H C U L T, launched the By no means Meet Your Idolspodcast, and appeared within the American Primitive movie sequence Quarentina.
For Couples Solely, Carré teamed with a group of famend musicians to seize this spectacular and emotional music. Roger O’Donnell of The Remedy joined in on keys and synths, together with Swans’ Kristof Hahn (lap metal) and Blood Pink Footwear’ Laura-Mary Carter (backing vocals). Carré additionally labored carefully with Joe Cardamone of The Icarus Line, and Tchad Blake (Arctic Monkeys, Elvis Costello, Fiona Apple) who oversaw the album’s mixing.
Couples Solely is out on streaming now. Pre-order the vinyl LP right here.