Katie Dey

Jul
28
posted by tommy

This next Katie Dey record is shaping up to be something spectacular. She’s released two singles so far and while remarkably different from each other, they’ve both demonstrated her capacity to bend sounds into new and exciting shapes. Katie Dey is a deep internet enigma, present via her social channels but in terms of a narrative or a personal identity, not much is known. It’s a pretty rare moment in time that sees an artist without a clear angle, still receiving editorial coverage across the board. Of course that happens fairly frequently when we’re talking about crossover hits but with young, newish artists, a big part of the press game is giving writers a story to tell. In some sense the story is that there is no story, there’s just the music. That’s pretty terrifying if you’re a sound doc loyalist because you’ll be all too aware that I’ll write about anything but the music. Is the artist wearing a hat in their press shot? LET’S DISCUSS. Even now I’m finding new and embarrassing ways of avoiding any real discussion of the song.

I should clarify which song we’re talking about shouldn’t I. It’s the second single from her new album Flood Network. The song is called ‘fear o the light’ and in some ways its a mirror to ‘fear o the dark’ from her debut album asdfasdf. The both have similar vocal treatments but ‘fear o the dark’ felt scared and fragile while ‘fear o the light’ feels bold and buoyant. It still feels mired in the same sad wistfulness but it’s bigger and has these wonderful vocal crescendos which you should definitely not try to sing along with. I can personally attest that the results are horrifying.

Here’s ‘fear o the light’, the first single from forthcoming album Flood Network (out August 12) as well as the even more recently released ‘only to trip and fall down again’ which is something else entirely. I love the way it’s been produced, so clever and so simple but with so much dynamic. So, so, so.

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  1. Stevo
    29/07/2016

    Very strange production – much of it sounds like it’s been recompressed a thousand times.