Certain songs like "Gospel For A New Century" and "Dream Palette" overwhelm with their constantly crashing drum fills, but numbers like "Hasdallen Lights" and "Strawberry Privilege" go through so many wavy echo effects it feels like the guitars themselves are tripping out. His most accessible record by a mile, this fuzzed-out, aggressive and surprisingly catchy record finds Bowie serving us both rock and psychedelic tropes but all with his own spin. So for his latest full-length, "Heaven to a Tortured Mind," swinging into bass-driven hard funk feels like the right kind of mood both given his career arc as well as the chaotic world we're living in. Soul-pop? Ambient instrumentals? It's all the same to him, but honestly the reason we keep talking about Yves Tumor is that he's so very good at every single pivot. For the Florida-born Sean Bowie, recording under his Yves Tumor moniker means he can do it all. "No, I'm not afraid to disappear," Bridgers sings on "I Know the End," and given the reception "Punisher" has already received, she won't be disappearing anytime soon.ĭo you know what the best thing is about being an "experimental" artist? You can do literally whatever you want without fear of being pigeonholed. Filled with lines about betrayal ("I'm gonna kill you / If you don't beat me to it" she threatens on the upbeat rocker "Kyoto"), the hellscape that is living in America right now ("Windows down, scream along / To some America First rap country song / A slaughterhouse, an outlet mall / Slot machines, fear of God") and so much more, Bridgers' keen lyrical eye has never been sharper, giving us a glut of new songs that could all be considered classics. Yet with "Punisher," her sophomore effort, she has crafted a document designed to be enjoyed, dissected and revered all at once. In many ways, Phoebe Bridgers is a musician's musician: Her open-wound songwriting is captivating on its own, but when you also factor in how she formed the group Boygenius with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus as well as the Better Oblivion Community Center with Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst - to say nothing of her multiple cameos on the latest album from The 1975 - it's clear that she is widely beloved by her peers and the industry.
There may be six months still to go, but it's going to take a Herculean effort to dethrone an album as DayGlo fabulous as this from its neon throne. Whether you're a lover of pop music history or just in need of a good time, "Boombox Eternal" is hands down the best pop album released this year.
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Each song ends up being catchier than the last, and Sparro's multi-tracked vocals and surprisingly earnest lyrics help in selling the full nostalgic fantasy. Perfectly paced and fused with remarkable sonic detail (those canned horn sounds!), Sparro gives the world his own spin on everything from New Jack Swing ("Love Like That") to plastic-guitar balladry ("Eye To Eye") to full Prince-indebted Minneapolis Sound party pop ("Marvelous Lover") without missing a single beat.
While the Australian pop artist Sam Sparro is still best recognized for his out-of-nowhere 2008 hit "Black and Gold," it wasn't until 2020 that he unveiled his true musical colors, as his near-flawless third album, "Boombox Eternal," serves as a love letter to the late-'80s/early-'90s pop and R&B records he grew up with - think Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson at their early critical and commercial peaks.
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