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Callahan employs unusually direct, diaristic songwriting on his new album, balancing vulnerability with humor while addressing personal themes like his relationship with his deceased father.

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fromConsequence

3 months ago

Mitski Performs Her Own Unraveling on Nothing's About to Happen to Me

Mitski's new album explores performance and identity through a fictional recluse character, revealing how elaborate performance paradoxically makes her more authentically herself.

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fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

5 months ago

New Book Explores the Ideas Behind Concept Albums

Concept albums extend singles into larger creative statements, offering ambitious ideas that reveal songwriters' creative process across genres and decades.

fromwww.theguardian.com

6 months ago

Hatchie: Liquorice review dizzying dream pop with welcome flashes of depravity

Almost all of Hatchie's music could slot frictionlessly into a coming-of-age film. Her songs, mostly, are misty-eyed ruminations on puppy love and its ensuing devastation; they yearn for a redamancy that feels both fated and vexingly out of reach. You can imagine Harriette Pilbeam's millefeuille harmonies soundtracking a high school prom dappled with a disco ball's refractive glimmer, or picture her fleecy guitars over a montage of light teenage debauchery.

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fromPitchfork

8 months ago

Twenty One Pilots: Breach

Twenty One Pilots deliver a fan-service-driven, high-energy album mixing soaring hooks, genre-blending production, and conflicted themes about faith and fan relationships.

London music

fromPitchfork

10 months ago

Indigo De Souza: Precipice

Indigo De Souza's dynamic voice excels with monumental feeling, but her latest album lacks the urgency of her earlier work.

fromPitchfork

11 months ago

Yaya Bey: do it afraid

Earl Sweatshirt's concept of 'mirror raps' captures self-affirming themes; Yaya Bey's 'do it afraid' explores the effort of finding joy amidst life’s challenges.

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fromPitchfork

11 months ago