King Woman – Celestial Blues [Black Onyx Marble]

KING WOMAN, the outfit featuring songwriter, vocalist and tour de force of gloom and woe (Rolling Stone) Kris Esfandiari, return with their eagerly-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 dont 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 wi