Olive Jones Unveils “Kingdom,” a Lo-Fi Political Anthem from Upcoming Debut Album For Mary
Brass-tinted thunder and velvet dissent have just been pressed into a single: Olive Jones has released “Kingdom,” a charged new offering that doubles as a flare shot from the horizon of her forthcoming debut album, For Mary (arriving March 13th via Nettwerk). The track moves with Adult Contemporary poise, yet it carries an epic undertow—less “anthem” in the stadium sense than anthem as moral posture, steadying the spine. A catchy bass line prowls with quiet authority, electric guitar riffs glint like streetlight on wet pavement, and indie lo-fi drums keep time with a controlled, almost cinematic restraint. Over it all, Jones’ velvety lo-fi vocal delivery arrives like smoke through a cracked door: intimate, resolute, and deliberately unglamorous in its truth-telling.
Lyrically, “Kingdom” is political without becoming pamphlet—an accusatory portrait of power as performance, “dripping in gold” while “wearing your lies” with the brazen ease of someone convinced the audience will applaud the costume. Jones roots the song’s anger in the emotional debris of Brexit, aiming her words at the swaggering architect of division, and the writing keeps its blade sharpened: shiny surfaces, rotten interiors, a “kingdom” that has died even as it flaunts its crown. The hook’s momentum—“Go go… get us out of this hole”—feels like a crowd learning to breathe together again, not through naïve optimism, but through collective refusal. As a listening experience, it’s strangely cathartic: chill enough to sink into, fierce enough to unsettle you, leaving the body calm while the mind bristles—alert, appraising, and quietly determined to reclaim common ground from the ruins of spectacle.
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