leonardo

the thing about debut albums is how hard it is to create one so consistent and stable with an identity embedded in it, to drench it with bits of oneness there and make it approachable. you’ve got to address something: you, friends, lovers, struggles... anything at all, as long as it sounds adhesive. it’s not always going to be faultless, but the liveness and stories from Charli Adams’s first shot seems unafraid to miscalculate: it does what it’s got to anyway and ... read more

indeed, do not take this album seriously. but please, do.

dabbling in her own mind through a relationship logbook of herself, her turmoils and love interests, girl in red flirts with the lion’s share of struggles (whether mental or emotional) as a queer young woman surrounding growth and life conflicts. it’s the superlative production that does it: as much as the songwriting lacks meticulousness and devices, this one peculiar pop sound brings a dreamlike essence to the ... read more

a slow burn type of record, its preciosity lies on the ordinarily accostumed thoughts of Faye’s that fills her fourth project with her innermost thoughts and tributes on friendship and love. devoted to the defined vieweing of happenstances and making them rhyme (or not, sometimes), the songwriting dwells on that. after too much of unveiling, an instrumental break always arises and finishes off the track. regardless, the stagnant rhythm overall exhibits the album’s cohesion and ... read more

i write about albums that i don’t thoroughly have a nice time listening to (although i shouldn’t) very little, but as to not sit on the fence and give the audience a reason to dwindle my music taste to an awful one somehow, i’ll address this brief and informally. i’d rather waste breaths and time in general on things i’m passionate about. this isn’t the case, though.

so, big disappointment. i used to trust antonoff, but he’s grown so comfortable in ... read more