Gentle, reflective indie with flecks of country in this fifth LP by the Atlanta singer-songwriter, capturing tiny, intimate details of life’s in-between, under-the-radar moments, and inspired by the idea of slipping late in the audience at an Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concert. With sensitive playing by the likes of Nicholas Rosen on piano, Bryan Howard on bass, Matt “Pistol” Stoessel’s shimmering pedal steel and the distinct class and style of Wilco’s guitarist Nels Cline, there’s added poise, subtlety and maturity throughout. In the delicately beautiful opener, Thinking About You, the mood of the album is set in the lines: “I’m asleep in the moment when you’re holding my head / but I want to remember I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” And on the nuanced love song But Not Kiss, that lingering build and moment of “I want to sleep in your arms… but not kiss.” Her videos reveal eccentric humour, not least the game-themed more indie-rock of Lego Ring, featuring old school friend Lil Yachty, with some wobbly autotune-type voice effect, which unusually, perhaps because it’s sparsely used is also palatable on the Feeling Good Today. Lifetime is a gorgeously unfolding, slow-burn number, as is eBay Purchase history, and the slow melancholy title track which contains a sudden orchestral flourish. A slow, subtle album, intelligent, sensual, comfortable in its skin, one to bathe and gradually soak in. Out on Secretly Canadian.
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