05/CATE LE BON/REWARD
When we last spoke with Cate Le Bon, she and Tim Presley were busy taking us away to intimate art rock wonderlands where jaunty, and often times chaotic and ramshackle ditties bumped up against sparse and gorgeous bare bones instrumental compositions magnificently. Skip ahead to today and she's done it again with an imaginative art-rock album that reaches once again into the inner depths of her creative and whimsical abilities musically to create something stellar. Whether she's singing atop keys and arrangements that sound as if it they are coming from a room lit only by fire (the excellent Sad Nudes and the captivating album closer Meet the Man), or dabbling in triumphant art-punk and new wave excursions (see Mother's Mother's Magazines and Magnificent Gestures), Cate's music box remains colorful and vibrant, giving us a rewarding listening experience in return.
KEY TRACKS:
DAYLIGHT MATTERS
HOME TO YOU
MOTHER'S MOTHER'S MAGAZINES
06/TORO Y MOI/OUTER PEACE
07/TYLER THE CREATOR/IGOR
08/HELADO NEGRO/THIS IS HOW YOU SMILE
09/JUAN WAUTERS/LA ONDA DE JUAN PABLO
10/LANA DEL REY/NORMAN FUCKING ROCKWELL!
11/JENNY LEWIS/ON THE LINE
12/DANNY BROWN/UNKOWHATIMSAYIN?
13/CHARLI XCX/CHARLI
14/BILLIE EILISH/WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
15/SHARON VAN ETTEN/REMIND ME TOMORROW
16/BIG THIEF/TWO HANDS
17/JAIMIE BRANCH/FLY OR DIE II: BIRD DOGS OF PARADISE
18/FKA TWIGS/MAGDALENE
19/BRITTANY HOWARD/JAIME
20/JESSICA PRATT/QUIET SIGNS
21/BAT FOR LASHES/LOST GIRLS
22/DEERHUNTER/WHY HASN'T EVERYTHING ALREADY DISAPPEARED?
23/ANGEL OLSEN/ALL MIRRORS
24/ADA LEA/WHAT WE SAY IN PRIVATE
25/BECK/HYPERSPACE
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