Arca KicK III

Following the announcement of the second record from the KicK-series, as well as the sharing of singles "Prada/Rakata", Arca has announced "KicK iii", along with a video for their new song "Electra Rex". The new LP is due out December 3 via XL, just like the previously announced KICK ii.

Of the new single, Arca said in a statement: "For me KicK iii is the most incendiary entry in the kick universe. The album is a portal directly into the more manic, violently euphoric and aggressively psychedelic sound palettes in the series. Electra Rex is a new archetype I propose in reference to commonly understood ideas of Freud regarding the oedipal complex—Oedipus Rex kills the father and unknowingly making love to the mother. Electra complex posits the binary opposite: killing the mother and unknowingly making love to the father. And so I am the first to propose a nonbinary psychosexual narrative to avoid falling into the same generational tragic blind spots. Electra Rex, a merging of both names, an integration of both Oedipus Rex and Electra: Electra Rex it kills both parents and has sex with itself, and chooses to live".

"Incendio", a track they previously shared in September, is included in the tracklist.

01 Bruja
02 Incendio
03 Morbo
04 Fiera
05 Skullqueen
06 Electra Rex
07 Ripples
08 Rubberneck
09 Señorita
10 My 2
11 Intimate Flesh
12 Joya

Deciding for a new approach, Arca changed the releasing dates for her KiCk series. The second record came out today, November 30th, and the following series will come out sequentially, on December 1st, 2nd and 3rd (as we are expecting the previously mentioned, but not yet announced, fifth album, KiCk V (or KiCk IIIII).