Celestial Blues, by King Woman

Celestial Blues

by King Woman

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mattgraupman I got turned on to King Woman by Jane Schoenbrun's eerie, haunting "I Saw The TV Glow" and all I can say is HOLY FUCK! This album is unbelievably raw, like an open wound, and SO fucking powerful. You don't listen to "Celestial Blues," you live inside it, battered by its undulating waves of grooves, syrupy distortion, and huge emotions. It's a masterpiece. Favorite track: Boghz.

sisterrose Man, this album. At first, it feels less consistent than Created in the Image of Suffering, which had banger after banger.

Celestial Blues starts quieter and builds up to the heavy mayhem you're used to from the previous album. It calls back more of the ambient, atmospheric feel of the earlier stuff, and goes a little into Messa territory.

It feels like a build up of cosmic energy bursting through a Dam that finally unleashes it's full rush of celestial waters, engulfing you. Favorite track: Psychic Wound.

lucy10,000 An absolutely powerful album that I can't help but keep coming back to. The music, the voice, the calm, the rage, the snake eats its tail and we return again. Favorite track: Golgotha.

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1.	Celestial Blues 04:36	buy track
2.	Morning Star 03:53	buy track
3.	Boghz 05:23	buy track
4.	Golgotha 06:04	buy track
5.	Coil 03:01	buy track
6.	Entwined 06:04	buy track
7.	Psychic Wound 03:20	buy track
8.	Ruse 04:18	buy track
9.	Paradise Lost 04:10	buy track

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KING WOMAN, the outfit featuring songwriter, vocalist and “tour de force of gloom and woe” (Rolling Stone) Kris Esfandiari, return with their eagerly-awaited sophomore album, Celestial Blues.

Feeling compelled to reshape the biblical archetypes that once bound her, Esfandiari has created a theatrical tale of rebellion, tragedy, and triumph — a metaphor for her own personal experiences over the years — Celestial Blues was born.

Esfandiari sets a dramatic tone for the record with “Morning Star” echoing the primeval account of Lucifer's fall from grace. Esfandiari smugly whispers: “you know it could have been you / so don’t you dare judge the things that I do” — the fallen archangel in deceitful persuasion. Esfandiari is accompanied by the beastly drumming of Joseph Raygoza and Peter Arensdorf's heavy-laden guitar flooding empty spaces with great fervor— masterfully stirring the listener with every sparse, emotional pluck.

KING WOMAN once again takes us to church with hardcore gospel, “Coil". “Five wounds you rape me / but I resurrect” declares Esfandiari in unhinged jubilation. Esfandiari desperately begs to be absolved in the crazed offerings of “Psychic Wound”, ultimately regaining a powerful reflection of herself after a provocative and tormenting dance with the Devil.

Celestial Blues is at once a masterclass on crushing atmospheric doom, and at times a sobering take on the weightier sides of shoegaze. At the album's core, a palpable tension can be felt. Acoustic guitars soar before descending into a darkness of riff-heavy distortion. Drums build upon these moments and explode into a cacophonous groove. Esfandiari's voice remains at the forefront; somber moments lead to burning intensity and crescendo. This ebb and flow is constant.

Recorded in Oakland, California by GRAMMY-nominated engineer Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Amenra, Oathbreaker) Celestial Blues sees KING WOMAN take a daring step forward as one of the genre's luminaries, releasing one of the year's most evocative records.

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released July 30, 2021

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King Woman Oakland, California

Led by the hypnotic and breathy vocal dramatics of Kris Esfandiari, KING WOMAN unveil a profoundly crafted opus of brooding, ethereal doom-rock. Produced by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Wreck & Reference, Oathbreaker).

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Great American Music Hall

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