Fiction / Republic
Kae Tempest - The Line Is A Curve (Transparent Orange Vinyl)
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The
Line
Is
A
Curve
is
about
letting
go.
The
core
of
the
record
is
that
the
pressures
we
face
do
not
always
have
to
be
heavy
burdens,
but
can
be
reframed;
the
more
pressure
a
person
is
under,
the
greater
the
possibility
for
release.
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The
album
plays
like
a
chronicle
of
pressures
-
the
mind-numbing
pursuit
of
a
comfortable
life,
the
eternal
striving
for
more,
the
pressures
of
the
city,
the
country,
the
times.
The
pressures
of
maintaining
relationships,
of
battling
illness,
addiction,
poor
mental
health,
the
vacuous
life
of
our
online
selves.
As
we
move
through
these
chronicles
though,
the
mood
brightens.
The
musicality
becomes
more
expansive
as
the
lyrical
horizon
broadens
and
we
glimpse
coastlines,
high
streets,
scrap
yards,
train
stations
in
the
rain;
the
entire
album
begins
to
let
go.
We
encounter
the
contributions
of
artists
who
I
love
and
admire,
guest
vocalists
and
instrumentalists,
and
so
we
defeat
the
sense
of
isolation
felt
in
the
opening
track
with
a
sense
of
deeply
connected
community.
More
Pressure,
the
penultimate
song,
is
the
essence
of
the
whole
album
and
the
epiphany
that
leads
to
Grace,
which
is
a
prayer,
a
surrendering;
‘Please
move
me,
please
move
through
me,
please
unscrew
me,
please
loosen
me
up.’
But
once
we
get
to
the
end
of
Grace,
and
the
album,
we
loop
back
to
the
start
–
to
‘Kiss
off
the
day
with
a
mute
mouth.
Pass
the
commute
like
I
can
die
faster
than
you.’
Because
no
matter
how
much
a
person
grapples
with,
realises,
deeply
understands,
about
life
and
their
place
in
it,
we
still
wake
up
in
the
morning
back
to
square
one.
Life
isn’t
solved
the
minute
you
figure
something
out
about
it.
It’s
a
daily
operation
to
increase
your
resilience,
cultivate
a
deeper
acceptance,
let
go
of
what’s
chasing
you
and
lean
in
to
the
pressures.
It’s
cyclical,
as
I
believe
all
things
are.
And
instead
of
trying
to
fight
the
cycles,
this
album
asks
us
to
surrender
to
them.
To
let
go.
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These
general
themes,
of
acceptance,
resilience,
surrender
are
also
about
where
I’m
at
in
my
personal
life,
in
my
journey
towards
a
greater
acceptance
of
myself
as
an
artist
and
as
a
human
being.
Being
more
honest
with
the
world
and
my
community
about
who
I
am
and
letting
go
of
some
heavy
heavy
shame,
which
is
a
glorious
thing.
-
This
album
has
a
beautiful
heart,
there
is
so
much
love
running
through
it
and
I
can’t
wait
for
people
to
experience
it.
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