What I love about SOPHIE is her ability to make every sound--every single element of her work--seem to move the music forward in a specific, unique thematic and emotional direction.
Sparse, groundbreaking, restrained yet untamed...and hard as all hell. RIP to a true legend.
Fuck L.O.V.E. though all my homies hate L.O.V.E.
Isakov's masterpiece, This Empty Northern Hemisphere captures with knowing clarity the sounds of a lonely northern expanse--of rain over mountains.
Funky summery synths, sultry female vocals, groovy four on the floors, and plucky Daft Punk-adjacent electric guitars evoke scenes of the beach as much as the club--blending sounds of funk, soul, city pop, disco, deep house, and more in what is, for me, Crazy P's best work to date.
While cohesive and diverse in its palette, the overall listening experience of Good Lies definitely finds itself carried by the excellent singles--without which there would be no great reason to revisit this project. Given how long it has taken Overmono to release their freshman studio album, and the quality of the much more regular EPs which have preceded it, I find myself walking away a little disappointed--especially given the insane talent this duo represents.
This album is criminally underrated, one of my favourite sleeper albums of all time. If you're a fan of either somber synthy soundscapes/pensive electronica, or singer-songwriter/indie folk, you should drop whatever you're doing right now and go listen to Another way to Lose, the title track, and the Ooh Song. Seriously.
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