Prinze George and the indie electronic escape "Centuries"

 

"sometimes I worry that our love is killing me"

I love Naomi Almquist's vocal aesthetic. On Prinze George's blended pop indie escape "Centuries" her lilt is sad but at the same time there is an artistic aloofness, a sense of detachment and deep emotional barbs cutting her at the same time. To me, there is also a keen awareness of her artistic embellishments, her style is thought out and within the amazing production touches by Kenny Grimm the song feels pop forward but bathed in an indie trope free patina of originality, of divergence.

“Our society often romanticizes romance, but we rarely examine the presence of loss in love, particularly the loss of self that almost always occurs when you’ve been together as long as we have. When you love someone, you observe your reality shifting in positive and negative ways, but you accept it, because it’s impossible to leave someone who makes your life fuller and sweeter, especially when it becomes a habit, even if it makes you weaker as an individual in certain ways.” - Kenny Grimm & Naomi Almquist of Prinze George.

"Centuries" comes ahead of the band’s forthcoming sophomore album, “Happy Garden” - set for release March 26th of this year (2021)

-Robb Donker Curtius

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An American Alternative Pop band formed by Kenny Grimm (Producer), and Naomi Almquist (Vocalist) in 2013, the two recruited Isabelle De Leon (Drummer) soon after. Following the release of their self titled EP “Prinze George” the band went on tour with Albert Hammond Jr as direct support in 2015. Bolstering their growing reputation they dropped their debut album “Illiterate Synth Pop” in 2016 and joined Lewis Del Mar on his North American Tour.

After impressing fans at festivals like Austin City Limits, Eaux Claires and Firefly with their nostalgic, synth-soaked sound and mesmerizing, gripping performances, the band released their last EP “Airborne” in 2018. Around the same time, Naomi and Kenny were given the opportunity to write songs for actor / director Til Schweiger’s film “Head Full of Honey” in Europe. They continued to expand their loyal following and break genre barriers thanks to a string of collaborations in 2019 with some of the industries top artists like Carnage, Diplo, G-Eazy & Wiz Khalifa (“Slot Machine”, “Letting People Go” & “Wait For Me”).

Prinze George, Los Angeles, indie electronic, pop forward, divergent pop, electronic pop, "Centuries"