Rising transatlantic indie outfit Prima Queen’s highly-anticipated, Steph Marziano-produced debut album, The Prize is slated for an April 25, 2025 release through Submarine Cat Records. Recorded at London‘s Angelica Studios back in late 2023, the band — Louise Macphail (vocals, guitar) and Kristin McFadden (vocals, guitar) — approached the album’s recording sessions with the intention to paint all of their emotional revelations on a rich sonic canvas anchored around effusive melodies.
Drawing from the shimmering pop of Haim and Jenny Lewis paired with an open spirt, The Prize‘s 12 songs are partly inspired by the euphoria they experienced over while touring with Olivia Dean, Wet Leg, Whitney and others. Thematically, the album continues the pair’s reputation for crafting songs that regularly play like a love letter to radical power of friendship while showcasing the pair’s charismatic storytelling.
The album’s third and latest single, album title track “The Prize,” is a lush and hook-driven bit of jangle pop that brings a mix of JOVM mainstay Joseph and Stevie Nicks to mind while rooted in an enthusiastically much-needed message for the listener — to never let anyone dim your shine or make you feel small.
“Writing ‘The Prize’ felt kind of magical — we thought we had finished the album but this song suddenly came to us while we were writing in the stdio with our producer Steph (Marziano) and we knew it had other be album title-track,” the duo say in press notes. “It felt like it tied all the other songs together in a really special way. It’s a song to remind you that YOU’RE THE PRIZE, which is easy to forget sometimes!”
Directed by Mike Upton, the accompanying video for “The Prize” captures the close, almost Vulcan mind-meld of the core duo’s deep and abiding friendship in a way that’s just adorable.
Discover more from The Joy of Violent Movement
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.