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KAKI KING | ... Until We Felt Red
TRACK LISTING
CD1
1 Yellowcake
2 ...Until We Felt Red
3 You Don't Have To Be Afraid
4 Goby
5 Jessica
6 First Brain
7 I Never Said I Love You
8 Ahuvati
9 These Are The Armies Of The Tyrannized
10 Second Brain
11 Soft Shoulder
12 The Footsteps Die Out Forever
13 Gay Sons Of Lesbian Mothers
CD2
1 Kewpie Station
2 Steamed Juicy Little Bun
3 Carmine St.
4 Night After Sidewalk
5 Happy As A Dead Pig In The Sunshine
6 The Exhibition
7 Close Your Eyes & You'll Burst Into Flames
8 Joi
9 Everybody Loves You
10 Fortuna
Kaki King has never been one for convention. Her third album, ...Until We Felt Red, is certainly no exception. Over the last few years, she has enjoyed well-earned status as the zeit-girl of instrumental acoustic guitar; a gifted young ingénue closing rank on the canonized heroes of the genre. Now, with ...Until We Felt Red, she bests herself and defies expectation again—ditching her acoustic for an electric, lap steel and perhaps, the most unexpected instrument of all: her own voice.
...Until We Felt Red ventures into new territory sure-footedly, even with a degree of self-assurance that can border on irreverence. But King is not afraid to be vulnerable, either, and the album loses none of the emotional openness that defines King’s previous work. And like the yarn that graces the album's cover, she's spun her material out: the haunting melodies are sadder, the lush orchestrations are fuller, and the sharper edges can cut. Much of this can be attributed to the new sonic palate Kaki brings to the platter: distorted pedal steel, pounding drums, ethereal trumpet, dots, loops, bleeps and other indefinable percussion sounds, and her own voice, disarmingly winsome and sweet for a woman with as much attitude as King.
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