Songs on ‘Reflection’ transcend the boundaries of radio-ready pop music.
On these melancholy bangers, the PC Music singer uses nursery rhyme-like melodies and a girlish sing-song delivery to essay the pain of being lovelorn and vulnerable.
Led mainly by producer AG Cook, Reflections immaculately houses Diamond’s heartache in techno-adjacent bops or twinkly, snowflake-soft beats, as on the gloopy title track. It’s an album that draws you into Diamond’s world, full of real, 3D emotions.
It really does sound like pop music from 15 years in the future. Hopefully a more substantial collection of new material isn't too far into it.
Reflections is an odd thing: a conservative, meat-and-potatoes example of a genre that looks to the future. Some might find it underwhelming for that reason, but Reflections is an enjoyable listen
Reflections finds Hannah Diamond and her producers playing it safe with PC Music's circa 2014 style.
Make Believe
One of the key elements of the 2019 music landscape is the sharp rise of the Bubblegum Bass. Hannah Diamond released her first album in time to join her contemporaries on the first line of this still fresh genre that is destined to shape the pop of the 2020s. This 28-year-old English woman makes everything she touches shine. Singer, composer and photographer, she finished her debut album after seven singles on the PC Music label.
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"Reflections" shows yet another welcome addition to the PC Music catalog, with Hannah Diamond showing some great production, catchy hooks and a bunch of that standard PC Music personality thrown in for good measure.
Fav Tracks: Fade Away, Concrete Angel, Invisible, Love Goes On, Make Believe, Reflections
Least Fav Track: The Ending
Score:
8.1
Great
I went into this really expecting to like it but by ‘Make Believe’ I was excited for it to be over.
very fun, but not as fun as I was expecting (in both a good and bad way)
favorites: Fade Away; Love Goes On; Never Again; Concrete Angel
least favorite: Shy
1 | Reflections 3:54 | 81 |
2 | Invisible 3:19 | 89 |
3 | Love Goes On 4:35 | 82 |
4 | Never Again 3:45 | 80 |
5 | True 3:31 | 77 |
6 | Concrete Angel 4:58 | 92 |
7 | The Ending 3:51 | 79 |
8 | Shy 2:53 | 76 |
9 | Fade Away 4:15 | 96 |
10 | Make Believe 3:55 | 84 |