Posted by Kinlaw’s dark-pop quest has seen her shatter boundaries.
Snapped up by Bayonet Records, her piercing, roving eye deconstructs her personal feelings, illuminating electronic structures in their stead.
New album ‘The Tipping Scale’ is out this month, and it expertly reflects the vagaries of winter, the spartan landscapes and the self-examination.
Taken from the record, new single ‘Haircut’ deals with shifts in her life, with the urge to propel herself into something fresh.
“I cut my hair to confuse myself,” she comments. “It started as a mission to change who I was, to make a new and better version, but ended with my feeling like I no longer knew what I was mourning.”
A song about leaving trauma behind and embracing the possibilities of the present, ‘Haircut’ carries some inspired connotations for these troubled times.
Kinlaw says the single offers “a question of personal power, and even speaking on this song today has been challenging because it was written when I was unsure if I had any power left.”
“I think ‘Haircut’ can be a lot of things to many different people, particularly those who identify with the juxtaposition of in-depth, internal dialogue paired with everyday coping strategies. There is a sweetness to it, but also such substantial, unwavering difficulty.”
“Today, I prefer to think of ‘Haircut’ as an anthem of resilience and an ode to the ways we keep going, we shapeshift, and we reinstall that there is a way to find what it is we are hoping to find.”
The visual leans on the intimate, opening up a window into Kinlaw’s life, and her true feelings.
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Photo Credit: Cameron Tidball