A New Reality Mind offers an entrancing, peculiar sonic palette never before seen on Kenney’s albums, ensconcing her in a tradition with dance music and indie-rock roots to create something unmistakably hers—which makes her stylistic choices, sometimes tame and sometimes daring, a feat to track.
On her second LP, Honey, Samia steers into alt-folk and pop that gives her songs a broad emotive palette, but at times, the record fails to reach the heights of her previous releases.
With Kylie, Minogue demonstrated that she could be more than just a teen actress, that she could perform what her songs asked of her without sacrificing what made her distinct.