Published
Tue, Nov 9, 2021, 15:00
- "The most incendiary entry" in the trilogy is out via XL on December 3rd, the same day as KiCK ii.
Arca is releasing another new album, KicK iii, in 2021.
Two LPs—KiCK ii and KicK iii—will now land via XL on December 3rd. The third in the series is "a portal directly into the more manic, violently euphoric and aggressively psychedelic sound palettes in the series," says the visionary Venezuelan. She calls it "the most incendiary entry in the KiCK universe."
Directed by Arca and Carlota Guerrero, the video for the lead single, "Electra Rex," was shot last year in Barcelona's Plaça dels Àngels.
"Electra Rex is a new archetype I propose in reference to commonly understood ideas of Freud regarding the oedipal complex—Oedipus Rex kills the father and unknowingly making love to the mother," says Arca. "Electra complex posits the binary opposite: killing the mother and unknowingly making love to the father. And so I am the first to propose a non-binary psychosexual narrative to avoid falling into the same generational tragic blind spots. Electra Rex, a merging of both names, an integration of both Oedipus Rex and Electra: it kills both parents and has sex with itself, and chooses to live."
Last week, Arca shared a new video for two tracks on KiCK ii.
Watch the video for "Electra Rex."
Tracklist
01. Bruja
02. Incendio
03. Morbo
04. Fiera
05. Skullqueen
06. Electra Rex
07. Ripples
08. Rubberneck
09. Señorita
10. My 2
11. Intimate Flesh
12. Joya
XL Recordings will release KicK iii on December 3rd, 2021.
Photo: Unax LaFuente