All About The Music
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Miley Cyrus is back with another chameleononic transformation and a bunch of dichotomous songs. Combining well written autobiographical reflections on aspects of her life, especially the end of her marriage and upbeat exciting pop, this is another solid collection.
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British pop star Mimi Webb has released her debut album. We think The Telegraph summed it up well: “All 12 tracks are undeniably well-made and catchy songs, but it veers into all-too predictable territory in places”. There are a lot of great moments on this debut, and Mimi is definitely a promising artist.
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Caroline Polachek lives in the same world for us as Charlie XCX, the borderland between experimental pop and the mainstream. We were transfixed by the single “Welcome To My Island” back in December and this album is filled with more of the same, edgy songs and a wonderful sonic landscape.
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P!nk is an incredible artist. Through the past couple of decades she has filled our lives with incredibly catchy songs with a combination of tracks that get us moving emotionally or on the dancefloor. I am pleased to report that on this, her ninth effort she maintains this performance, delivering a solid set of songs.
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Shania comes back in style on her first album since 2017 (Now) and her 2018 open-throat surgery. Her voice has changed but you could argue it has just added a bit of character. Although this isn’t the greatest album in her catalogue necessarily its filled with upbeat and great sounding tracks.
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This is a tuneful and enjoyable album from the UK indie band, their second in twelve months – put it down to lockdown productivity. Pitchfork described it as “Eerily digestible synth pop with essences of palm-muted guitar and a maniacally catchy refrain, it feels like a late-career attempt to indoctrinate new members of the cult.”
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This is Margo Price’s fourth album (her last effort was That’s How rumors Get Started in 2020) and was produced with the assistance of plenty of big names including Jonathan Wilson, Sharon Van Etten, Mike Campbell and Lucius. These yield some great songs including the very catchy “Radio” featuring one of our favourites Van Etten helping on vocals. Pitchfork described it as “burst(ing) with easy confidence and kind, stoic wisdom”.
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Most of the reviews describe this heartfelt album as ‘polished’. Kennedy told Apple Music that “there’s a lot of light and darness in my life, and I need to honour both sides in every song”. Expanding his sound from 2019 debut Without Fear Dermot has produced a solid collection of really well produced often bombastic songs with enough variety to hold the interest. An Irish artist we look forward to seeing him continue building album to album.
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Aaron Dessner (The National) teamed up with The Lone Bellow for this great album that has just grown on us over the past week. Developing their Country/Americana sound to a more Indie sound it is a great collection of memorable songs that highlight the bands vocal talents, especially their beautiful harmonies. AllMusic describe the album as offering “creative abundance and possibility”. We look forward to exploring it this week.
New Zealand Net Radio plays a song from our irregularly updated #albumoftheweek every hour from 9am to 12pm. Listen in @tunein at http://tun.in/sfAtE
There is always a perverse desire to avoid choosing an obvious choice for Album of the Week, particularly on a week when Taylor Swift releases a new LP. Once again we ignore that temptation despite a number of other strong new releases this week – Arctic Monkeys, Carly Rae Jepsen, Simple Minds, A-ha, Meghan Trainor and Tegan and Sara are some alternatives that spring to mind. Perhaps in coming weeks. Midnights harkens back to the sound and some of the melodic tricks of Lover however contains sufficient inventiveness (especially in the lyrics) to be evidence of Swift’s continued songwriting prowess (and incredible output!).