News: “SHAME,” THE NEW SINGLE FROM KING WOMAN, PREMIERES ON NPR

Over the course of the last seven years, Bay Area’s KING WOMAN have crafted a sound that harnesses the elastic textures and temporality of drone and metallic shoegaze alongside the transcendental, melancholic power of doom.   Their forthcoming full-length Created in the Image of Suffering will be released next Friday and today, NPR has premiered another song from the album, “Shame” and said it "rattles our ears and cores alike."  Listen here.  

 

Created in the Image of Suffering was recorded with engineer Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Wreck & Reference, Oathbreaker) at the Atomic Garden in Palo Alto, CA.  Each song evokes rich, gloomy imagery with crumbling washes of blurred, billowing distortion densely layered atop hazy, psychedelic atmospheres that call to mind a surrealistic Black Sabbath fronted by Mazzy Star. Complete with deeply personal, introspective lyrics that serve as a catharsis for years of religious and mental torment, KING WOMAN truly suffer to create their art. 

 

King Woman will tour throughout 2017 in support of Created in the Image of Suffering - dates listed below in North America and Europe, with more to surface.  Also be sure to check out King Woman’s extremely emotional and powerful music video for “Deny” here.

 

KING WOMAN, ON TOUR:

02/17: Oakland, CA @ Starline Social Club  

02/18: Olympia, WA @ Obsidian 

02/19: Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar 

02/24: Sacramento, CA @ Starlite Lounge

02/26: Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo

03/14: Brooklyn, NY @ St Vitus

03/15: Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts *

03/16: Washington, DC @ DC9 *

03/17: Asheville, NC @ Mothlight *

03/18: Nashville, TN @ The End *

03/19: Orlando, FL @ Backbooth *

03/20: Atlanta, GA @ The Earl *

03/22: Dallas, TX @ Three Links *

03/23: Houston, TX @ Walter’s *

03/24: Austin, TX @ Sidewinder *

04/08: Linz, AT @ Kapu ^

04/09: Vienna, AT @ Arena ^

04/10: Leipzig, DE @ Felsenkeller ^

04/11: Berlin, DE @ Musik & Frieden ^

04/12: Dresden, DE @ Beatpol ^

04/14: Antwerp, BE @ Het Bos ^

04/15: Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club ^

04/16: Glasgow, UK @ Saint Luke’s &

04/17: Manchester, UK @ Gorilla &

04/18: London, UK @ Heaven &

04/19: Brighton, UK @ The Haunt &

04/20: Lille, FR @ La Malterie ^

04/21: Tilburg, Netherlands @ Roadburn ^

04/23: Karlsruhe, DE @ Dude fest ^

04/24: Lyon, FR @ Le Periscope ^

04/25: Nantes, FR @ Le Ferraileur ^

04/26: Paris, FR @ L’Espace B ^

04/27: Brussels, BE @ VK ^ 

04/28: Groningen, NL @ Vera ^

 

* w/ Oathbreaker & Jaye Jayle 

^  w/ True Widow 

& w/ True Widow and Chelsea Wolfe