Rapprocher

This is a fantastically arranged and conceptually exquisite record

You’d have to go a long way to hear a better synth pop album, no matter what decade you examine.

Harnessing the good old lyrical favourite of tragic love, Harper is like a sassy, slightly more upbeat version of Morrissey.

Though its melodies and replayability mark Rapprocher as beyond the '80s-revivalist dross, what pushes the record to great places is its darkness.

The synth work on Rapprocher is particularly impressive, maintaining a tangy sharpness while a pop sweetness flows from every corner.

Chillwave never had much of a female presence, but Brooklyn’s Class Actress aim to change that.

If this review was a school report it would say: Class Actress, good effort, but must try harder next time.

A hit and miss affair.

On Rapprocher, Harper's first official full-length album under the Class Actress moniker, exploration is kept to a minimum in favor of an overall more conventional form of songwriting and producing.

“Rapprocher” adequately describes the jump in mood between Class Actress’s Journal of Ardency EP to her debut full-length.

Harper and her cohorts have certainly created a close approximation to the heyday of Depeche Mode and Human League-but ultimately their dated sound doesn’t even come close.