A thrilling sophomore album, Any Shape You Take imbues existentialism in an intricately crafted mixture of melancholy joy.
Ferocious and vulnerable in equal measure, the musician's nervy new album is one of the year's best.
Any Shape You Take is a record about heartbreak and despair. But it’s also more than that. It encompasses the extremes of human emotion, as De Souza shoots back and forth across the divide like a pendulum in full swing.
The North Carolina songwriter’s heart overflows on her instrumentally and emotionally abundant second record.
While the two albums seem to be beating to a similar drum, Any Shape You Take makes a concerted effort to clean-up the messes left behind and unfinished in 2018.
It's simultaneously euphoric and angsty.
Any Shape You Take spans genres, from TikTok pop to grunge and lots in between – and Indigo De Souza commits to them all.
Any Shape You Take is endlessly energized, each corroded riff and synth streak glowing with purpose.
Despite missing some of its predecessor's rough-and-ready charm, Any Shape You Take is a solid indie effort.
Doubling down on the debut's raw and candid ethos, the follow-up delves into dysfunctional relationships, death, and despair with a more polished yet still hooky, jagged indie rock.
I'm so glad that I randomly decided to listen to this.
This is a key example of why it's important to have a good cover art, I would have never checked this out if it weren't for the art, bu time so glad I did. I had no idea what I was getting myself into on this project cause I went in completely blind and was pleasantly surprised. Indigo De Souza is an artist I've never heard of, and "Any Shape You Take" is her sophmore record, and indie rock album with beautiful vocals, themes, ... read more
A síntese do indie rock em 2021.
Depositando suas emoções em faixas que discorrem perfeitamente sobre sentimentos universais, Indigo de Souza em 'Any Shape You Take' é acompanhada com uma produção intriseca e puramente tentadora. Acordes de guitarra e uma atmosfera pop levemente condensada entre arranjos que se cruzam e formam uma combinação interessante, acabam sendo características das canções de destaque, como ... read more
Consistently pretty okay but repetitive and doesn’t have any scaffolding or support for its absolute highs which make it feel disjointed, i wish every song was as good as real pain or hold U.
Favourites - Real pain, hold U
least favourites - kill me, 17 , pretty pictures, late night crawler
I remember the first time I listened to real pain. I was so confused, but... couldn't turn it off? That song is a god damn masterpiece.
1 | 17 3:06 | 83 |
2 | Darker Than Death 3:12 | 85 |
3 | Die/Cry 2:26 | 83 |
4 | Pretty Pictures 2:58 | 83 |
5 | Real Pain 4:50 | 92 |
6 | Bad Dream 4:51 | 87 |
7 | Late Night Crawler 4:17 | 83 |
8 | Hold U 4:16 | 87 |
9 | Way Out 4:01 | 83 |
10 | Kill Me 4:20 | 88 |
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#25 | / | Paste |
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