Alexandra Kay - "All I've Ever Known"

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Alexandra Kay's long-anticipated debut album is *finally* out!

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Ummm how has this thread had ZERO interactions so far?! We're gonna go ahead and add this to the list of S-tier Divorce Albums that the country ladies have given us in the 2020s This collection is absolutely top-tier, A plus, immaculate from beginning to end!

The songwriting has the same cutting bite to it that made Kelsea and Carly's recent eras so great:

"Standing at the kitchen sink,
I wonder if you'll ask about my day.
I'm washing off your dinner plate,
And all I see is a decade down the drain."

"You'd drink side-stage and I'd sing my songs,
And we'd pretend we didn't almost call the wedding off.
I came in to my own
And you went back home."

"Sometimes I miss that yellow kitchen.
It's both our fault that this fell apart,
But you won't admit it, and that's the difference."

"I can take a shot to the heart and live another day.
I became invincible the day you walked away."

"I thought I'd die.
I knew I'd cry, but never
Knew how bad it'd hurt to see
That diamond on the counter
Like we never mattered."


And while Alexandra has always had a beautiful voice, I feel like she sounds better than ever on many of these songs! There are so many heartbreaking nuances to her delivery of songs like "I Can Do Anything" and "Everleave" that makes them like twice as impactful as the amazing lyrics would on their own.

Honestly, album of the year. It's been a long time since I've heard an album that is this blatantly cohesive from a thematic standpoint, too. Literally the only thing wrong with this album is that "Skip This Part" and "Backroad Therapy" were excluded! (But I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they get tacked onto a Deluxe version in a few months anyway).