Description:
(2022) Kathryn Joseph - for you who are the wronged
Review:
On her first two albums, Kathryn Joseph showed a gift for containing the high drama of heartbreak inside delicate notes. Her newest record, for you who are the wronged, goes even quieter, her voice barely above a whisper and accompanied by sparse keys and understated reverb. These lullaby-like compositions mask a quiet rage throughout, reflecting the internal discord of those who live with abuse. Joseph may be fae-like, but she doesn’t mince her words. ‘The way they make you eat the  out of their hands’, she croons on the burning of us all, her fusion of the ethereal and corporeal finding a new potency in images of abusive love. She styles herself as a place of refuge, a kind friend who will lick her listeners’ wounds clean, even as she harbours vengeful thoughts like: ‘Makes me wanna kill them’. More than just a sympathetic ear, Joseph offers herself up as a channel for the downtrodden. The refrain ‘I like it, I hate it all’ gives voice to the emotional entrapment of toxic relationships. ‘Are you screaming out into the dark side of your insides?’ comes as a cry of anguish, unleashing the album’s pent-up sorrow in the penultimate track. Ever the documentarian of devastating emotions, Joseph’s latest release sounds newly communal, with a sense of gathering closer those who share the same pain.
Track List:
1.what is keeping you alive makes me want to kill them for 05:22
2.the burning of us all 05:03
3.only the sound of the sea would save them 05:07
4.how well you are 03:15
5.until the truth of you 02:40
6.the harmed 02:43
7.bring to me your open wounds 02:05
8.flesh and blood 03:39
9.of all the broken 05:03
10.for you who are the wronged 03:17
11.long gone 02:16
Media Report:
Genre: indie-folk
Country: UK
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits
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