Celestial Blues [LP]

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King Woman - Celestial Blues [LP] KING WOMAN, the outfit featuring songwriter, vocalist and "tour de force of gloom and woe" (Rolling Stone) Kris Esfandiari, return with their eage rly-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 Arendorf'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. TracklistCelestial BluesMorning StarBoghzGolgothaCoilEntwinedPsychic WoundRuseParadise Lost Show more