Revenge Wife – In The Flowers
Revenge Wife, the fearless solo project of HOLYCHILD frontwoman Liz Nistico, announced her anticipated debut album Alien Witch last month and today she returns with a new tease of the record “In the Flowers.”
“This song is about unconditional love,” Nistico proclaims. “To me, this song is divine feminine energy. Because it’s so soft vocally but then the production is like a prog song. I wanted to merge femininity with hard rock.”
Hushed vocals punch in over gritty drums as you embark on a wild sonic journey. Lyrically, Nistico explores the concept of one forever, leaning into loving completely for eternity. “This was one of the first songs I wrote on this album and it was the last one I produced. I felt so certain about my production by the end, like, wow I did that, maybe I can do anything.”
Written and produced by Nistico, sonically she was trying to merge The Voidz and the Cardigans, which has been her target for the sonic feel of her entire album.
The new single follows a jam-packed LA performance at KCRW’s Echo Park Rising stage last week and the album’s lead single “What If It *Is* Me?!” which saw early praise from FLOOD, Ones to Watch, KCRW, Spinning Platters and more. Revenge Wife will return to LA later in the fall and will play an upcoming show in NYC at Nightclub 101 on Oct 7th.
Sometimes it’s written in the stars – so much so that Revenge Wife’s new album, Alien Witch, out September 30th, features 12 tracks, each corresponding with a different zodiac sign (used less as astrology and more as Jungian archetypes). Written entirely by Nistico herself, the album journeys toward finding the balance between escapism and feeling – reckoning with the human experience, her relationships, and how life is shifting in the wake of technological advances to deliver a powerfully human, powerfully unfiltered piece of art.
The album marks Nistico’s first foray into production – having produced the entire album herself, save one song. Inspired by the Cardigans and the Voidz, the album is a sonic shift that explores off-kilter melodies and fun instrumentation that pushes boundaries. The album’s final track is an 11-minute science fiction short story that captures the ultimate theme of the album: it’s not our fault.
“Art is spiritual to me. To make art is to connect with yourself, and connecting with yourself is the essence of existence. I’m healing, I’m growing, I’m meditating in the mornings to be more loving and give light to people I know. I’m at the crystal shop looking at the aura quartz. I’m pulling the 8 of Wands in tarot, I’m ready for my life to change. Somewhere along this path, I read a quote in a book that said if a person made a song with healing energy, that energy would be palpable to the people who listened. That’s pretty much the impetus for the album, trying to heal myself and giving love energy to the people who connect with it. Inspired by ayahuasca ceremonies and old Ojai witch women, dreams of Andromeda and Pleiades, and mixed with the purity I felt when I was thrashing around at The Used concert in 2003. Maybe music can be everything.”
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