HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING

HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING will conclude a trilogy of albums by Backxwash which began 3 years ago. The series is primarily auto-biographical, with fragments of stories from her periphery. With every record, Backxwash travels farther back in time, reliving and experiencing the anger and despair that she had not granted herself at that time. God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It (2020) began as a candid processing of her experiences in her adult life in realtime, while her sequential record I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES (2021) was a reflection on her adolescent and early adulthood years. Whereas God Has Nothing was a study in mercy, in I LIE HERE BURIED Backxwash finds solace in being consumed by her malevolent behaviours. HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING (2022) delves into environmental influences during her youth and times pre-dating her existence, concluding this therapeutic practice with a return to the here and now with a stronger sense of self than when she began this therapeutic and cathartic trilogy.

On the final entry in a trilogy that began with her Polaris Prize-winning 2020 album, the Montreal rapper seeks elusive redemption in cacophonies of tense noise and gothic samples.

Zambian-Canadian noise expert Backxwash closes out their powerful trilogy in harsh, but euphoric, style…

Ellis Heasley reviews the new album from Backxwash! Read the review of 'HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING' here!

HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING! by Backxwash: singularly brutal experimental rap