[Cover photo credit to Celeste Call]

Queen Quail is the project of Berlin-based songwriter Kirstin Edwards. Raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she grew up playing cello and guitar, and her music has taken root in both Berlin’s indie scene and the DIY traditions of the American Midwest.

Queen Quail came about as a musical project when, in the botanical gardens in Berlin, when the artist stumbled upon a “Zwergwachtel” or dwarf quail. The “tiny bird’s quiet focus struck Kirstin, and seemed to reflect her own shy, though energetic, nature.”

Queen Quail’s debut EP, Narcissus, explores longing, identity, and the search for home. The EP draws on Indie Pop and Alternative Country, including “dreamy instrumentals” and “plainspoken lyrics.”

Produced by David Thornton and mastered by Huntley Miller, the EP grows out of support from Initiative Musik. Queen Quail had in mind for the EP to balance the “quiet pull of memory against the urgency of the present.”