Kelly Lee Owens; masterful second album Inner Song finds the convention-blurring techno producer and singer/songwriter diving deep into her own psyche—excoriating the struggles shes faced over the last several years and exploring personal pain while embracing the beauty of the natural world. Its a leap in artistry from a musician who burst forth on the scene with a confident, rich sound, and Inner Song is endlessly enticing when it comes to what Owens is capable of.
Inner Song follows the star-making debut of her 2017 self-titled album, a quixotic blend of body-moving beats and introspective songwriting that garnered numerous accolades from the music press. Owens has indeed come a long way from her background as a nurse, since then she has remixed Bjork & St Vincent, released an indelibly clubby two-tracker, 2019s Let It Go & Omen teamed up with likeminded auteur Jon Hopkins on the one-off & Luminous Spaces.
Her latest album also comes off of what Owens describes as & the hardest three years of my life an emotionally fraught time that, in her words, & Definitely impacted my creative life and everything Id worked for up to that point. I wasnt sure if I could make anything anymore, and it took quite a lot of courage to get to a point where I could make something again.; So while the lovely cover of Radioheads Arpeggi might strike some as an unconventional way to open a sophomore effort, to Owens the winding take on the classic tune—recorded a year before work on Inner Song properly kicked off—represents the sort of sonic rebirth thats so essential to Inner Songs aura.
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Convention-blurring techno producer/musician Kelly Lee Owens will release her second album, Inner Song, on May 1st via Smalltown Supersound.
Alongside the announcement, she presents its lead single/visual, “Melt!” Inner Song finds Owens diving deep into her own psyche—working through the struggles she's faced over the last several years and exploring personal pain while embracing the beauty of the natural world.
It's a leap in artistry from a musician who burst forth on the scene with a confident, rich sound, and is steadily enticing. Inner Song follows the 2017 release of her much lauded self-titled debut, as well as remixes of St. Vincent and by Björk, last year’s “Let It Go / Omen” 12”, and her recent collaboration with Jon Hopkins.