Official press release:
Over the course of the last seven years, Bay Area’s King Woman have crafted a sound thoroughly their own – a sound that harnesses the elastic textures and temporality of drone and metallic shoegaze alongside the transcendental, melancholic power of doom. Their forthcoming full-length Created In The Image Of Suffering (due out February 24th via Relapse Records), picks where their debut EP (Doubt; 2014, Flenser) left off while expanding on their sonic palette with a profoundly crafted opus of dirgey, ethereal doom-rock. The album’s first single, “Utopia”, provides a sneak peek at the album’s seven compositions and is streaming below via Soundcloud:
Created In The Image Of Suffering was recorded with engineer Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Wreck & Reference, Oathbreaker) at the Atomic Garden in Palo Alto, CA. Each song evokes rich, gloomy imagery with crumbling washes of blurred, billowing distortion densely layered atop hazy, psychedelic atmospheres that call to mind a surrealistic Black Sabbath fronted by Mazzy Star. Complete with deeply personal, introspective lyrics that serve as a catharsis for years of religious and mental torment, King Woman truly suffer to create their art. Physical and digital pre-orders are available now through the label and Bandcamp
King Woman will tour throughout 2017 in support of Created In The Image Of Suffering – dates listed below with many more to surface shortly along with more songs off of the album.
Created in the Image of Suffering track listing:
1. “Utopia”
2. “Deny”
3. “Shame”
4. “Hierophant”
5. “Worn”
6. “Manna”
7. “Hem”
King Woman is:
Kristina Esfandiari – Vocals
Colin Gallagher – Guitar
Joey Raygoza – Drums
Peter Arensdorf – Bass
Tour dates:
2/17 – Oakland, CA | Starline Social Club
2/24 – Sacramento, CA | Starlite Lounge
2/26 – Los Angeles, CA | Echo
3/14 – Brooklyn, NY | St Vitus
4/21 – Tilburg, Netherlands | Roadburn