Singer-songwriter Eva Kiss from Halifax leaves no room for religion at the altar of grunge, instead marrying a fresh voice on queer identity, rebirth and female rage. 

With ‘Oh, My God’, she carves out an intimate confession that feels both sacred and defiant, opening with a slow guitar and restrained vocal delivery. Sung from the perspective of a fictional identity, Kiss climbs a wall of sound in a transformative narrative of losing faith, with the contrasting start and end of the track mirroring the tension between sin and salvation.

I first saw Eva Kiss playing a stripped back set at Oporto for Crash Record’s Next Big Thing, and I was completely compelled. Her sound is reminiscent of artists like PJ Harvey, Hole and Nirvana and while she echos her grunge beginnings, she adds a modern edge to represent a new revival of queer voices. 

“Oh my child, you are gone and I’m reborn” – a sermon that captures the painful moment of shedding your old self on the path to reclaiming the truth, carried by the weight of improvised piano paddings.

Oh, My God stands out as a track of embracing contradictions: anger with faith, clarity in chaos, birth and death are presented in their fullest forms.

2026 is set to be her year, as her full band live session at Beckview Studios is due for release in the New Year. As a recipient of the Youth Music Next Gen Fund, this is only the beginning of a new set of singles as we await a newly recorded EP set to be released next summer.

Review from Eszter Vida – @esztervidamusic