KING WOMAN - Created in the Image of Suffering (2026 Repress) CAIMIN GILMORE the gritty twang of "Bloodhounds

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a reframing of the y2k songbook that is at once awe-struck and mindful of its place in the vastness

This was a key release in the development of the band's distinctive

their first collaborative album born from a decade-long friendship and ignited by a single day of creative synergy

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