Two new Kabaal klankbaan songs are being released today: Hunted Woman and Soms (kabaal/klankbaan).
These songs are the first previews from our upcoming DOUBLE EP release, Hunted Women and Ek en jy (is lank reeds verby), both dropping on 12 November.
“HUNTED WOMAN is about getting to know someone, but realising they have a past that haunts them. Nobody is baggage-free, manic pixie dream girls don’t exist, and sometimes you just need to take comfort in a one-night stand or a glass of whiskey.”
Frontman Floris Groenewald
HUNTED WOMAN is a little darker than most KABAAL KLANKBAAN songs, with organ and pounding drums adding a somewhat theatrical element to an imperfect love story of a woman who’s looking for an escape, and a man who is trying but failing to help her. The single features a punchy energy and instrumentation that neatly underscores the narrative, but also thematically gives a great preview of what the full EP is about.
“SOMS gaan oor die wonde van die verlede wat ons soms saam met ons dra, wat nie regtig welkom is in nuwe verhoudings nie, maar onvermydelik ‘n invloed daarop het. Dit word aangebied uit die oogpunt van iemand wat wonder oor hul minnaar se verlede.”
Liedjieskrywer Floris GRoenewald
Die enkelsnit is ‘n energieke, tradisionele Afrikaanse folk-rocklied wat kontrasteer met die liriese inhoud – die klassieke ‘sad song, with a beat‘. Die energieke akoestiese klank van hierdie liedjie is ‘n lekker inleiding tot wat volg, en hopelik ‘n toeganklike storie met emosionele relevante lirieke wat aan die gevoelige kant van verhoudings raak, maar nie te swaarmoedig is nie.
