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The pearl of Aotearoa, Bic Runga, returns with her sixth album Red Sunset, an aesthetic blend of the familiar with a lively, blossoming charge.
3mo
I got love for the homegrown hero Bic Runga but this really didn't hit for me. Thin production, instrumentation that range from trying too hard to be interesting and sounding grating in the process to just the most basic boring lines that aren't able to be saved, nothing burger lyrics that feel dated. I had hopes for this record but I suppose after a ten year break we gotta shake the rust off somehow.
New Zealand singer-songwriter album. Red Sunset is a very floaty project - softly whimsical, slight French pop lofi production, but not thought out well and ends up quite boring. Bic Runga goes for somewhat okay softly sung vocals but harmonies are serviceable at best. The non-descriptive lyrics don't have a lot going for them & are curiously very repetitive. Overall, bland enough to be a bit mentally taxing, either not a well thought album or too overthought.
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Track List
| 1 | Glass Atrium 1:26 | |
| 2 | Red Sunset 3:17 | |
| 3 | Ghost in Your Bed 2:49 | |
| 4 | Paris in the Rain 3:14 | |
| 5 | It’s Like Summertime 3:53 | |
| 6 | Escape From Planet Earth 2:41 | |
| 7 | You’re Never Really Here (Are You Baby) 2:31 | |
| 8 | Won’t You Come Home 2:57 | |
| 9 | Hey Little One 3:06 | |
| 10 | Home Run 3:37 |
Total Length: 29 minutes
