[Cover photo credit to Kirt Barnett]

Nashville-based Alternative Pop/Rock artist Kitty Coen has announced her debut album, Hellcat, due out April 30th, 2024. Alongside the announcement, Coen has shared the track “yellow light” which “recalls falling in love.”

On February 24, Coen will also support the five-piece Stolen Gin at The End in Nashville.

The title and the album’s themes are derived from the word’s definition, and “its ties to societal rejection of women deemed “witches.”

Coen explains:

 At one time the word ‘witch’ was not negative but was applied to women who worked in holistic medicine to heal people with illnesses. Through time, the church detested these women because it argued with divine greatness and ultimately went against the church.

They began hunting and killing any woman that fit this “description” consisting of any woman who appeared educated, attractive, tempting, or dominant in any way.

I believe that this album shows the progression of a woman harnessing her anger and frustrations with the world and utilizing them to create magic, love and light.

Born in Missouri and raised in Texas, Coen’s music is deeply influenced by her upbringing. She started playing live music in early 2020 and toured across the U.S. supporting bands like Mt. Joy, and Jive Talk and an appearance at Austin, TX’s SXSW.