Tag: singer-songwriter
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Spectreview: Adrienne Lenker – songs / instrumentals
Adrienne Lenker offers graceful examinations of heartbreak and the passage of time in the one-two punch of songs/instrumentals.
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Spectreview: al Riggs and Lauren Francis – Bile and Bone
Folk songwriter al Riggs teams up with Lauren Francis for Bile and Bone, a glacially-paced, devastatingly gorgeous record.
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Spectreview: Fenne Lily – BREACH
Fenne Lily’s breezy sophomore record is incredibly easy to enjoy thanks to the unassailable confidence of her songwriting.
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Spectreview: Angel Olsen – Whole New Mess
Stripped of the grandiosity of its predecessor, Whole New Mess provides a more focused spotlight for Angel Olsen’s universal truths on love and loss.
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Spectreview: Orville Peck – Show Pony [EP]
On Show Pony, Orville Peck slides ever closer toward country rock while mostly retaining the queer subversiveness of his debut.
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Spectreview: The Microphones – Microphones in 2020
Microphones in 2020 is a seamless, engrossing rumination on self-mythologizing and the contrasting significance of the present moment.
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Spectreview: Perfume Genius – Set My Heart on Fire, Immediately
Perfume Genius’ remarkable fifth album finds Mike Hadreas as confident and comfortable in himself than ever before.
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Spectreview: NIIKA – Close But Not Too Close
NIIKA’s debut album, which deftly mixes Melbourne neo-soul with the artful arrangements of peak Dirty Projectors, is superb.
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Spectreview: U.S. Girls – Heavy Light
Heavy Light may not be as focused or propulsive as U.S. Girls’ 2018 breakthrough, but it manages a heightened sense of poignancy amid its conceptual ambition.