Sunday, December 24, 2017

DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE ALBUMS, 2017.

 
09/sza/ctrl
 
I know SZA. Okay, I don't KNOW SZA, but I feel like she is a good friend from way back. Or at least I did whenever playing this record. So many of us felt this way this year. We all felt like this because she came at us on a personal level, completely open on a topic on which we can all relate: relations and all the unpredictable and often times messy attachments that come with them. All the worrying and the highs and the crying and the guilt (and yes, fantastic sex). On her debut, SZA keeps it 100% real when speaking on these affairs of the heart, the act of pouring one's heart out, and being apprehensive about doing so. SZA is upfront and open throughout as the slick and sensual contemporary rhythm & blues rides with her underneath, bringing along a few jazz and hip-hop inflections. It's about love; Self love, complicated love, all encompassing, upsetting, problematic love. It's a means to understand love in all its forms in order to maintain CTRL. A little music, a little netflix and chill, and these few moments of clarity. Can you relate? I think you can.
 
(And we did.)

KEY TRACKS: Supermodel/Love Galore/The Weekend

10/ariel pink/dedicated to bobby jameson

11/miguel/war & leisure

12/ema/exile in the outer ring

13/charli xcx/number 1 angel

14/lcd soundsystem/american dream

15/lorde/melodrama

16/syd/fin


 














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