We Were Made Prey

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We Were Made Prey
Kathryn Joseph - We Were Made Prey.jpg
Studio album by
Kathryn Joseph
Released30 May 2025 (2025-05-30)
StudioBlack Bay Studios, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
Length39:04
Label Rock Action
Producer
  • Lomond Campbell
  • Kathryn Joseph
Kathryn Joseph chronology
For You Who Are the Wronged
(2022)		We Were Made Prey
(2025)
Singles from We Were Made Prey
  1. "Harbour"
    Released: 11 March 2025
  2. "Deer"
    Released: 17 April 2025
  3. "Wolf"
    Released: 14 May 2025

We Were Made Prey is the fourth studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Kathryn Joseph. It was released on 30 May 2025, by Rock Action Records, in LP, CD and digital formats. [1]

Contents

Background

We Were Made Prey was produced by Lomond Campbell, [1] at the Black Bay Studios on the Isle of Lewis. [2] The album consists of eleven tracks with a total runtime of approximately thirty-nine minutes. Its first single, "Harbour", was released on 11 March 2025, alongside a music video. [2] The second single, "Deer", was released on 17 April 2025. [3] It was followed by the third single, "Wolf", on 14 May 2025. [4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [5]
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The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

MusicOMH rated the album four and a half stars, stating "it may not be the place to come to if you want an album of singalong tunes, but the raw emotion that Joseph and Campbell can conjure up is something to behold," and describing it as "an intense, haunting listen." [1]

The Line of Best Fit assigned it a rating of eight out of ten, calling We Were Made Prey "Joseph’s most entrancing release, a project that puts her Hobbesian vision and poetic leanings on full and unadulterated display". [5]

The Skinny gave the album a four-star rating and remarked, "The animalistic spaces Joseph occupies are tethered to her original mix: the incongruence of tragedy told in gentle, softer tones. We Were Made Prey forgets this and conjures, eerily, even more delicate ways to doubt, rage and come to terms with being." [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kathryn Joseph and Lomond Campbell.

We Were Made Prey track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Wolf"3:45
2."Dark"4:31
3."Harbour"3:53
4."Bel (II)"1:26
5."Before"3:06
6."Deer"4:24
7."Drawn"3:20
8."Roadkill"3:50
9."Hold"4:26
10."Children"3:04
11."Fire"3:19
Total length:39:04

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [7]

Charts

Chart performance for We Were Made Prey
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [8] 5
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [9] 38
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [10] 15

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Murphy, John (29 May 2025). "Kathryn Joseph – We Were Made Prey". MusicOMH . Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 Murray, Robin (11 March 2025). "Kathryn Joseph Announces New Album We Were Made Prey". Clash . Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  3. ↑ Murray, Robin (17 April 2025). "Kathryn Joseph's "Deer" Is Staggeringly Intense". Clash . Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  4. ↑ Murray, Robin (14 May 2025). "Kathryn Joseph's "Wolf" Strips Back Layers of Emotion". Clash . Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  5. 1 2 Amen, John (29 May 2025). "Kathryn Joseph: We Were Made Prey review – entrancing strides". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  6. 1 2 Pearson, Tommy (27 May 2025). "Kathryn Joseph album review: We Were Made Prey". The Skinny . Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  7. ↑ We Were Made Prey (Media notes). Kathryn Joseph. Rock Action Records. 30 May 2025.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
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