MONTREAL GOTH-FOLK ARTIST FLOWER FACE RELEASES NEW ALBUM GIRL PROMETHEUS
NETTWERK MUSIC GROUP
Last Friday, Montreal goth-folk artist Flower Face unleashed her utterly raw, beautifully bittersweet fourth album, Girl Prometheus, about “the kind of heartbreak that nearly kills you.” Composed of vignettes that capture the stages of grief and what comes after, Girl Prometheus explores its elements in a cathartic and rapturous way – while she touches on the devastatingly sad, she also reflects on why these intense emotions can make us feel the most alive.
Following 2022’s critically acclaimed The Shark In Your Water, Girl Prometheus showcases 11 new tracks that each, in their own way, celebrate Ruby McKinnon’s survival and revival. Whispered, acoustic moments intertwine with cinematic, room-filling compositions to form an album that is as intensely personal as it is relatable.
Ruby admits that writing about breakups is hard because it can feel “almost embarrassing,” but that writing this new record kind of saved her. She wrote it out of that need to survive, not for anyone’s approval. Ruby shows us the good, the bad, and the ugly in a brave, cathartic effort.
After experiencing a shocking breakup, Ruby started writing more than she had ever before—to the point where writing itself took on new meaning. “This year I’ve been writing in a way that feels transcendent,” she says. “This sounds cliché, but it’s almost like finding religion. For the first time, I dove headfirst into creation and let everything else go. It’s been like constant revelations, it’s overwhelming but it’s beautiful. It’s become less of an ephemeral thing that just seems to happen to me sometimes and more of a tool for survival. I’ve realized that to me, my writing is paramount—it’s the only thing that matters. As long as I have that, I’m okay.”
Produced by Marcus Paquin at Studio PM in Montreal and partially recorded offsite at a secluded lake house, Girl Prometheus as a title started out as a joke after Ruby and some friends went to the movies to see Oppenheimer. “There’s a quote at the beginning: ‘Prometheus stole fire from the Gods and gave it to man; for this he was chained to a rock and tortured for eternity,’” Ruby says. “My friends would say, ‘You’re like Prometheus if he was a girl, because you’re being chained to a rock and tortured for eternity by your love. You stole love from the gods, you brought it to a man, and now you’re being tortured eternally.’”
Girl Prometheus might be suffused with pain, as its author fought to process an unexpected life shift, but it emerges victorious. Flower Face has grown new roots, and they are stronger than ever.
Flower Face also dropped her new Loveline Podcast where she takes voicemails and emails from fans looking for advice on life, love, family, work, and any other topic that comes up. Find the first three episodes of the Loveline podcast on YouTube and Spotify!
Flower Face
Girl Prometheus
(Nettwerk Music Group)
Release Date: October 31, 2024
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Background Photo Credit: Matteo Gueli
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