New Reviews for April 19, 2024
EMI Records / Monkeywrench
An unexpectedly sleek and streamlined evocation of the alt-rock band's 1990s prime.
Big Machine Records
The late country-pop singer's 2011 record Ghost on the Canvas is revised as a duets album.
Communion Records
A jazzier, more collaborative fifth album from the U.K. singer/songwriter, informed by working with Logic and Kwes., and inspired by major life events.
Ipecac
Monolithic five-track full-length from these heroes of heaviness that was collaged together and expanded on from heavily edited source material.
Sun Records
Supported by a galaxy of stars, the veteran rocker delivers a solid rock & roll album.
Birdman Records
The Detroit-area supergroup turn from free-flowing drones to riff-heavy prog and hard rock on their third album in two years.
Jagjaguwar
A brief but intriguing full-length debut by Shane Lavers, whose influences span experimental music, sophisti-pop, Animal Collective, and Steve Reich.
ECM New Series
A highly personal, often transcendent album features mostly works by Baltic composers.
Classical
Editors' Choice for March, 2024
AllMusic Staff Pick
- April 19, 2024
April 14, 2014
As a newcomer to Editions Mego, Klara Lewis' full-length debut album sits comfortably alongside some of her peers on the label like Fennesz and Oneohtrix Point Never, and is a very impressive effort. For a debut, it's a very rich, mature, and engaging listen with joyous moments -- electronic landscapes with a special attention to detail and a warm, conscious human input. It's for people who love low pulsating basses, industrial sounds, reverberated pops, and music that frequently drifts between the tranquil and unnerving.
