New Music: Lux Prima - Karen O & Danger Mouse

Photo by Eliot Lee Hazel

Yeah Yeah Yeah’s front-woman and all-round legend, Karen O, recently teamed up with Danger Mouse (the Grammy-winning musician-producer who has worked with artists like The Gorillaz, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and The Black Keys) and the dynamic duo have just released their first collaborative album, Lux Prima via BMG.

The two originally met in 2007 to discuss a collaboration, but careers and lives got in the way. In 2015, they got serious and made a plan while Karen O was pregnant with her son. After his birth, they entered the studio with no sonic parameters, a handful of references and there, Lux Prima was born.

Latin for “first light”, Lux Prima is aptly titled as it radiates warmth from start to finish with its dreamy disco vibes, soft guitars, and shimmering synths. One of our favourite tracks on the album, and the most reminiscent of the YYY’s, is the uptempo number, ‘Women’, with its empowering lyrics, punchy percussion and of course Karen O’s iconic snarls and howls.

“Woman came like a bolt out of the blue in the studio and my voice was the lightning rod it struck,” says O. “One of those songs that wrote itself out of the ether and an increasingly volatile political environment. Songs I write are for everyone, but this one felt especially for the inner child in me that needed the bullies out there to know you don’t fuck with me. I’m a woman now and I’ll protect that inner girl from hell or high water.”
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Lux Prima is available now on all major streaming services. Listen below and let us know what you think!