KT Kink is synonymous with raw. Her sound, her words, her execution — it’s all fueled by raw power. Ever since her arrival on the Orlando music scene a handful of years ago, her untamed anti-pop ways have brought much-needed bleed and edge to an electronic underground usually dominated by cold, sleek vibes.
After her relatively sedate previous album, 2024’s The Fog, Kink has returned to basic instinct on just-dropped new album Passion. “Musically, I tried to lean more into the synth-punk elements of my earlier releases,” she says. “Where The Fog was gentle, I wanted this to be abrasive.”
KT Kink has always been most natural when she slashes. And Passion cuts close to bone and nerve. It’s a soundscape of industrial minimalism with feral vocals and mechanistic rhythms, not just a return but a distillation of her original essence. In moments like the punk throb of “The Boys Club” and the synth stomp of “The Devil,” this album kicks harder. Most crucially, in moments like the heaving lurch of “Passion” and the bewitching blood drain of “Space to Breathe,” Kink is back working the viscera again, where she began and where she’s best.
“This LP was certainly all over the place in terms of theme,” she says. “But it all sort of ties into coming to terms with aspects of the self that maybe aren’t so great and putting a name to it. While some songs focus more on vice, others call for transformation: accepting that these things are a part of the self and letting them go as an act of self-love.”
But it’s the pulse here that brings it all back. KT Kink’s music doesn’t play like the product of studio deliberation. With neither filter nor fluff, she lays out her guts and exorcises the demons right there in front of you. That’s her spark. Passion owns the mess and turns the process into its own epitaph.
The album now streams everywhere and will see a special CD release on Orlando label Popnihil (disclosure: owned & operated by OW managing editor Matthew Moyer). You can see KT Kink live at Crux’s Halloween special (Oct. 25, Stardust Video & Coffee) and opening for Brood Faye (Nov. 4, Will’s Pub).
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