White Lacuna

Description

If you havent already guessed Graham Smiths second Kleenex Girl Wonder novella in 2018 is not just another breakup album. Of course, anyone whos spent 25 years stuffing the interstices between hooks and riffs with colloquial wit likely knows far more about lacunae than most. But on White Lacuna, Smith shows us that the gap between two people doesnt crack open overnight and the space in between may not be as dark as you think. A white lacuna? Thats right. White, like the ice that settles into nooks and pushes two halves apart. White, like the colorless light that pours out of the opening. White, like the healing hoodoo of benevolent witches and wizards. White like a white lie, an omission to avoid hurt, or at least confrontation. White-out brushed over a typo a palimpsest. Talk about apocatastasis, as Smith says. Through 22 pages of lyrics, KGW steers us through the natural fissures that creep into the joints, as both parties in the union realize that the split was long overdue.