“The grandeur of the ‘The King of Everything’ required colors brighter than real life so I turned to art. I hope my scribblings convey the weightless glory of being, even for a moment, the center of the universe.”
These are the words of Rennie Sparks – who, alongside her songwriting and marriage partner Brett Sparks, is one half of The Handsome Family – as she talks about ‘The King of Everything’, a song which foretells the arrival of the group’s eleventh studio album, Hollow, due for release on the 8th of September 2023.