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UK pop singer Rina Sawayama teams up with Clarence Clarity for the most vibrant, colorful, and instantly catchy pop EP of the year.
85
RINA is bursting at the seams with bona-fide pop bangers and quirky interludes.
80
Sawayama might be keen to pay tribute, but she’s proven she can shepherd pop into the future, too.
Behind the glitter, a two-way mirror
Björk had screamed in 2015, when "Vulnicura" was released, because people kept on praising her male producers (Arca, The Haxan Cloak...) and minimizing her own contribution to the album's sound. Furious, she launched herself into a diatribe about the way women artists are considered in our patriarchal society which sees them as subordinate to men. And I, despite the echo I can find in that statement, I'm going to find myself doing something ... read more
Em seu primeiro projeto musical, Rina Sawayama explora e entrega um verdadeiro tributo ao pop dos anos 90 e 2000, onde ela faz isso misturando uma gigantesca diversidade de elementos e influências dentro de 8 faixas. E o que parece ser pouco, acaba transbordando qualidade e nostalgia na medida certa, tornando 'RINA' um dos poucos trabalhos que cumpriram com o objetivo inicial, e ainda por cima revelou ao mundo um dos nomes que compõe o futuro da música.
Um grande começo para Rina Sawayama, esse EP tem uma sonoridade deliciosa de ouvir e tem uma produção muito boa, destaque para "Ordinary Superstar", "Take Me As I Am" e "Alterlife".
* Ordinary Superstar (9/10)
* Take Me As I Am (9/10)
* 10-20-40 (8/10)
* Tunnel Vision (7/10)
* Time Out - Interlude (7.5/10)
* Alterlife (8.5/10)
* Through The Wire (7/10)
* Cyber Stockholm Syndrome (8/10)
Nota Final: 80/100
I’ve heard of Rina Sawayama through her recent collab with Charli XCX in the song “Beg For You”, which was a pretty decent track but not really my favorite from the album. However, I heard a lot of good things about this EP, and considering the fact that it’s about 25 minutes in length, I decided to give it a listen. This EP did not disappoint me whatsoever. There was atleast something to appreciate about every single track (and interlude) over here. The final 3 track ... read more
Just remembered this is great. Rina's voice is amazing and she worked it so good with these pop sounds, also the themes the songs are about are so relatable it hurts.
UK pop singer Rina Sawayama teams up with Clarence Clarity for the most vibrant, colorful, and instantly catchy pop EP of the year.
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Track List
| 1 | Ordinary Superstar 3:47 | 89 |
| 2 | Take Me as I Am 3:25 | 92 |
| 3 | 10-20-40 3:15 | 90 |
| 4 | Tunnel Vision 3:36 feat. Shamir | 86 |
| 5 | Time Out - Interlude 1:00 | 83 |
| 6 | Alterlife 4:04 | 92 |
| 7 | Through the Wire - Interlude 2:03 | 82 |
| 8 | Cyber Stockholm Syndrome 3:41 | 93 |
Total Length: 24 minutes
Year End Lists
| #10 | / | Dazed |
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Added on: October 28, 2017