The prolific singer-songwriter from Las Vegas with the distinctive, high, androgynous voice returns with a ninth LP, different from 2022’s more experimental Hetereosexuality, now returning to more conventional indie rock. Shamir Bailey has covered a spectrum of styles from squeaky, innovative pop to electronica to folk, but while this album is takes a straighter style musically with a surprise move to the Kill Rock Stars label, it’s still a solid release with strong tunes and darkly candid lyrics, such as Oversized Sweater “I can barely sleep so I fill my brain up with trinkets with all of the content to kill the artist in me”, or the darkly catchy Obsession (“And I'm crawling out of a bleak future / And it's much better just to be a loser”). But despite this, you get the impression that despite the titular personal demons and relationship problems, therapy comes from the simple fun of playing guitar and singing in indie band. Other highlights include Our Song, The Beginning, and the upbeat fuzz guitar rock of Wandering Through. Dark but also oddly uplifting. Out on Kill Rock Stars.
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