ANANA KAYE confronts division and devotion on her new single “There Is A War”

ANANA KAYE returns with commanding new release “There Is A War”, her debut single as the artist, which followed closely in the slipstream of “Cordelia,” a release that rekindled interest from her Nashville-based audience worldwide across both hemispheres during four consecutive weeks on Apple Music’s global New In Alternative playlist. Building on this momentum, Kaye takes an even braver leap.

Kaye once again strikes the balance of strength and openness, this time in a track that feels so relevant to the times. Developed with her longtime collaborator/co-writer Irakli Gabriel, the single is a microcosm of an album carved for a world at its tipping point, where beauty and tragedy go hand in hand. That tension pulses through every moment of this stirring new take.

Tackling Leonard Cohen’s “There Is A War” with equal parts reverence and determination, Kaye aimed to craft what she dubs a more “definitive” take. Backed at the piano, she built out the arrangement from there, adding drums and deepening the groove, all under the direction of producer Charlie Chamberlain. Chris Benelli on acoustic drums and percussion brings unbridled momentum, while David Conrad’s upright bass introduces a surprising twist of jazz into the song’s industrial throb. The effect is textured and urgent.

Searing guitars and immersive sonic treatments from Gabriel and Chamberlain only raise the emotional stakes, mirroring the song’s themes of division and devotion. In Kaye’s hands, “There Is A War” is more than just a cover version, it is a lungs-bared statement of purpose, unflinching and alive to the unsettled tumult of our times while defiantly refusing to isolate itself from it.

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