Musically, RAGE is deceptively upbeat and optimistic in tone, but Alexander's lyrics are raw and edgy: "flipping ketamine", Low Rise Jeans, "the one, shotgun, the kids, the debt. a night, a life…"
“Dearest darling, I know sorry is just a bandage on a limb that needs a thousand stitches/ God, why do you never do the dishes?/ Sorry, now I’m just bitchin’/ I got this scratch that you’re not itching/ And you don’t know what you’ve been missing/ So please accept this secret mission/ [whispers] Find out where the clit is/ Yours sincerely, me” – Kita Alexander’s hilarious, candid Sentimental Letter proves this ain’t no background music.
Banjo adds country spice to opener The Good House (“…on a shitty street”) – an evocative page-turner in sonic form.
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Girlies need to memorise Worth It’s chorus: “A girl like me ain’t easy but I’m worth it… Can’t you just treat me right ’cause I deserve it.”
(“How Am I Gonna…”) Tell My Friends – her lamenting duet with Christopher – ponders the difficult convos that follow reuniting with a deadbeat ex after bagging the crap out of him to your mates.
Miss Australia (“a little kid on tippy-toes”) addresses tall poppy syndrome and the unfair pressure on non-males to be perfect.
Alexander has said she’s trying to learn how to treat her anger more like an internal fire alarm instead of smothering it with toxic positivity these days. Throughout RAGE, she gives herself permission to be complex and struts towards radical self-acceptance: “My aura is a blessing and curse.”
Label: Warner · Release: 26 June
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