Sensitive, experimental, dreamy, highly original electro-pop in this fourth album by the Oakland artist, songs reflecting on mindset after from splitting with her partner, and a theme of perceiving reality, referencing John Berger’s book Ways of Seeing. Kenney is unflinchingly honest about herself, how things went wrong, and also a new reality. “I don’t need to start again, but I can change when it ends,” she sings, after Intro, on opener Plain Boring Disaster, and among the standouts, Superficial Conversation, a beautiful arpeggio-decorated number, “I do not need to be reminded of what I did.” Former Song of the Day I Drew A Line is another, steeped in beautiful revving keyboard sounds melody, oddball rhythms and striking lyrics which include those that echo John Berger: “I drew a line I stayed behind / Had an idea / Of who to be (Everything around the image is part of it's meaning / Everything around it confirms and consolidates its meaning) / Another day / To wash my face / And the people I've found / Just like the others / When they spit on the ground / And become their mothers.”) Others of note include the title track and Red Emotion (“Reflected in my attitude, my constant compromise”). A beautiful, unusual album with original, unusual sounds, structures and reflections. Out on Carpark Records.
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