Behold! It's the latest popstorm of brilliance from Queen of Hearts! "Warrior" sees her reunited with previous collaborator, Diamond Cut, who produced the stunning, "Where Are You Now?" from last year's The Arrival EP. Diamond Cut opens the track with the literal sounds of heaven and then some AMAZING afro-funkish percussion drops and then the Queen's voice comes in and you think, "Oh, do you know what? This is actually better than heaven. I think I'll drop dead now." It's an incredibly powerful tune and like all of her songs, worthy of aproximately one million repeat plays.
It's actually mind boggling to me how great this artist is. I don't even imagine her making these tracks in a studio. That's too domestic. Being the enchantress that she is, she's probably reciting some sort of spells from an ancient tome while sprinkling some magic dust into an open flame. And then voila! Pop masterpiece!
It seems like only two months ago I was writing about the last amazing Queen of Hearts song. Oh, it was only two months ago. It has become quite clear that this woman can do no wrong and goes around doing no wrong quite often. I think I'm going to have to put a limit on how many times the same artist can be on my year-end list because otherwise, it's just going to be a bunch of Queen of Hearts tracks with a few other people scattered throughout. Dear Liz, what's it like to make one of the best songs of the year every time you make a song?
The only Queen that matters is gracing us mere mortals in America with her presence starting this week. She is playing her first show on American soil this Friday at DC9 in Washington DC and is doing another gig in New York on October 16th at Santos Party House. And as British people apparently love to say (according to X Factor), I am absolutely "gutted" that I'm missing the show in DC. So, if you're in the area, make up for my absence by swooning like a teenage girl in the front row.
Warrior will be released on December 2nd via NightMoves.
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