Out on 5 October, singer-songwriter Lindsay Kay’s debut LP, For the Feminine, By the Feminine, was crafted from the bottom-up entirely by a team of women and female-identifying professionals. Across the album, Kay blends her gentle, lilting vocals with a melange of soft-spoken instruments. Kay and company’s efforts produce something strikingly vulnerable and sincere, opening up on ruminations regarding women and the expectations that a heteronormative society unfairly places on their shoulders. The songs are individually and collectively poignant, having been written following Kay’s return from a French artist residency in 2016 just as the Women’s Marches and #MeToo movement began to emerge from the fires of political disarray.
Ahead of the full release of For the Feminine, By the Feminine, Kay is premiering her newest single, “How Much”, with PopMatters. Throughout the song, Kay’s ethereal vocals nimbly navigate an atmospheric melody while she reflects on what she is looking for in relationships as she moves forward. It’s a subdued arrangement with plenty of room for Kay’s vocals to stand front-and-center as piano, classical guitar, upright bass, accordion, and a horn section subtly wrap around them…..READ MORE