Girl Violence is a plate of upheavals. After a short major career, the third King-Princess album now appears on an indie label. After many years in Los Angeles, Mikaela Straus moved back to the hood in which she was born and grew up: Brooklyn, New York. And a relationship also broke up. Girl Violence is shaped by the feelings associated with these events: freedom, vulnerability, despite, grief. As on her first two albums, Mikaela Straus succeeds in turning King Princess out of this emotional mess.
Recommendations of the editorial team
The quiet pieces sound like dreamy neo-r’n’b. If it gets louder and faster, King Princess draws it in all kinds of historical colleges. “Cry Cry Cry”, for example, combines the pop sensitivity of the go-go’s with nineties nostalgia.
“Slow Down and Shut Up” builds up like one of Future Islands’ hits, at “Get Your Heart Broken” King Princess indicates her long -term love for Grunge – live “Black Hole Sun” from Soundgarden, on her second album Taylor Hawkins played the last session before his death. The best song on Girl Violence is one in which all these ideas flow together: “Jaime” has soapy keyboards, torn vocals and an irresistible melody.
This review first appeared in the MusikExpress 10/2025.