It’s been ten years since Kathryn Joseph won The Say Award and now We Were Made Prey. is here. Can we still say ‘wow’? The evolution in Joseph’s work is restless and searching. This release is no different as it serves us another intuitive and unexpected turn in her style, instrumentation and vocals. The keyboard sounds like a lost Rhodes piano smothered in gentle distortion; it swirls and silences throughout the album and by the end comes out clean, shed of texture. Working alongside Lomond Campbell, the expansion into electronics and textures is a welcome backdrop to Joseph’s almost fickle voice.
The album’s first single Harbour. shows this new distorted rage, at in-betweens, longings, shortcomings. Bel (II).