Description
- Act of Tenderness
- Artist: Cindy Lee
- Format: LP
- Release Date: 11/7/2025
- Label: W.25th
- Vendor: Revolver
- Distributor: AMPED
- UPC: 855985006802
- Genre: Rock
Description
BACK IN PRINT – Cindy Lee is the diva alter-ego of singer / guitarist / drag queen Patrick Flegel, the one-time captain of heralded Canadian experimental guitar pop act, Women. In Flegel's working on / as Cindy Lee exclusively over recent years, their songwriting makes a move toward high atmospherics, often achieving a mysterious sweetness rooted equally in beauty and ache. As Cindy Lee's first long-form statement, Act Of Tenderness makes use of antipodal themes to create a living sound: static with grace, distortion and sugar, all masterfully arranged with crooked nods toward pop classicism. The layered vocal on "Power And Possession" creates a palpable haunt, bringing historical girl-group lament to choir-esque heights. The feedback shriek and industrial grind of "Bonsai Garden" provides near-operatic damage, yet never stumbles into the irrevocably grave. These snowy pieces give the album a decidedly cinematic feel, albeit one bent more towards Eraserhead. Originally released in a scant private edition in 2015, Superior Viaduct's imprint W.25th is pleased to give Act Of Tenderness it's deserving wide release.
- Tracklist:
- 1
- Act of Tenderness
- 2
- Power and Possession
- 3
- What I Need
- 4
- New Romance
- 5
- Last Train's Come and Gone
- 6
- Operation
- 7
- Quit Doing Me Wrong
- 8
- Fallen Angel
- 9
- Bonsai Garden
- 10
- Miracle of the Rose
- 11
- Wandering and Solitude
- 12
- A New Love Is Believing
