Kelly Lee Owens

Kelly Lee Owens’ masterful second album ‘Inner Song’ finds the convention-blurring techno producer and singer/songwriter diving deep into her own psyche – excoriating the struggles she’s faced over the last several years and exploring personal pain while embracing the beauty of the natural world. It’s a leap in artistry from a musician who burst forth on the scene with a confident, rich sound, and is endlessly enticing when it comes to what Owens is capable of. ‘Inner Song’ follows the star-making debut of Owens’ 2017 self-titled album, a quixotic blend of body-moving beats and introspective songwriting that garnered numerous accolades from the music press.

Owens has indeed come a long way from her background as a nurse; since then, she’s released an indelibly clubby two-tracker, 2019’s ‘Let It Go’ b/w ‘Omen’, and teamed up with like-minded auteur Jon Hopkins on the one-off ‘Luminous Spaces’. The hair-raising bass and tickling textures of ‘Inner Song’ drive home that, more so than ever, Owens is locked in to delivering maximal sonic pleasure – as evidenced by the decision to make the album’s vinyl release a triple-sided album.