How does she do it?
Based on my ever growing love of Preacher's Daughter, I built this album up with impossibly high expectations. And she managed to clear them.
Is it exactly what I expected? No, and while it's not quite the artistic and thematic triumph that Preacher's Daughter was, it wasn't meant to be and doesn't need to be.
As we wait for the delayed second installment of the Preacher's trilogy, we get this spin-off prequel in Willoughby Tucker, I'll ... read more
How does she keep doing it??
An absolutely beautiful and nakedly honest commentary on slut shaming and respect, some of the most gorgeous and shimmering synths I've heard in a long time. Hayden is a true poet and an absolutely gifted musician.
I haven't liked much of anything Miley has put out basically her entire career. So no one was more surprised than I was with how much I ended up loving this album.
A sort of synthwave disco throwback, Something Beautiful still manages to be experimental and, well, something beautiful, really. From track to track we get beautiful lyrics, passionate vocal performances, gorgeous piano, string, and saxophone passages. The sax line on Every Girl You've Ever Loved in particular sticks out ... read more
When it first came out I was a lot more fanatic about my love for this album, but my feelings have cooled over time. Overall it's still great, Tesfaye demonstrates a really good command of poetic storytelling and emotional vulnerability. Though drug-ridden angst has been his M.O. practically his whole career, and parts of it have grown a bit stale by this point, Hurry Up Tomorrow kind of demonstrates the conclusion of that arc, with Abel finally finding the ideal way to express those ... read more
The lead single from the prequel to Preacher's Daughter, what has become my favourite album of all time, somehow does not disappoint. I don't know how she does it. A generational talent is on display on this beautiful, captivating, gorgeous, heartwrenching masterpiece. I can't wait to hear the rest.