Called “a smart, sexy think piece on queer romance in a world on fire,” by Paste, Katy Kirby’s latest album ‘Blue Raspberry’ traces the crescendo and collapse of new love, savoring each gleaming shard of rock candy and broken glass along the way. Originally released in January, Kirby is now announcing a digital deluxe version that will contain two new songs, coming out on July 12. Out today is ‘Headlights’, a song that dissects the seemingly benign issues of everyday life, or as one lyric puts it: “a ticking time bomb with a Tweety Bird watch face”.
Listen to ‘Headlights’:
” ‘Headlights’ isn’t as open-hearted as any of the songs that ended up on ‘Blue Raspberry’,” Kirby explains. “We could call it an ode to the cumulative, low-level suffering that accompanies all human life 😉 Or we could just say that it’s kind of a bratty little ballad about being fucking tired, you know?”
‘Blue Raspberry’ follows Kirby’s acclaimed debut album ‘Cool Dry Place,’ which was released in February of 2021. While the songs on that record unfold amidst Kirby finding her voice, ‘Blue Raspberry’ is a polished and confident sophomore effort that deepens the questions that bubbled through ‘Cool Dry Place’ about how people can reach each other despite all the hazard zones where human connection caves in.
Praise for Katy Kirby:
“Kirby’s best writing shows off her talent for contracting abstract ideas into the kinds of pithy lines that inspire furious underlining.” – Pitchfork
“To spend the time with ‘Blue Raspberry’ is to be totally broken apart by it, but like Kirby, eventually pieced back together, ready to jump in again.” – No Depression
“Part of what sets Kirby apart is the language she uses; the way words slip off her tongue in syllables almost too big for the songs that contain them. As a narrator, Kirby is clever and knows it.” – Stereogum, Album of the Week
“She has a Dorothy Parker sting to her lyrics” – Ann Powers, NPR Music
Pre-Order ‘Blue Raspberry (Deluxe)’
1. Redemption Arc
2. Fences
3. Cubic Zirconia
4. Hand to Hand
5. Wait Listen
6. Drop Dead
7. Party of the Century
8. Alexandria
9. Salt Crystal
10. Blue Raspberry
11. Table
12. Headlights (bonus)
13. Naperville (bonus)
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