The spacious and finely textured guitar loop that runs through Amie Hayes’ single “Wicked Woman” sets a mood as dark, stark and brooding as the subject matter of the song. Hayes’ vocals sound slightly doubled to give the words a deep resonance even as they’re delicate and introspective in tone. But there’s an undeniable edge to the song the whole way through as Hayes sings the tale of someone who can’t handle the narrator’s intensity of feeling and personal strength and likes to see her bowed and subservient even if that’s not her nature and lacking that keeping her at a distance so that none of that thorny humanity and grimy emotions rub off and complicate matters. The narrative thus hits like a modern bit of folklore. Musically it’s like a dark, slowcore piece reminiscent of maybe some of Chelsea Wolfe’s more dusky folk compositions and its labyrinthine melodies gets under your skin a little in a way that invites repeated listens. Listen to “Wicked Woman” on Spotify.
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