Lav's Music Corner

If there's one type of artist I've had trouble with consistently in the past, it's the beloved indie-pop girl. Plenty of artists, usually but not always championed by cis lesbian women, that haven't clicked with me in the same way. From Mikski in 2018 to the various boygenius members at points throughout each of their careers, I've taken a lot of shit online from singer-songwriter fans. So I picked out some of those exact kinds of artists who dropped new albums this year to give them another go round and see if they click with me anymore this time.  Charm  - Clairo First up is Clairo, whose now beloved 2019 debut album still does absolutely nothing for me. I thought her Jack Antonoff-produced sophomore record was an improvement, though it still missed my end-of-the-year list, and I include a full 100 albums. This time around she's traded out Antonoff for Leon Michels, who absolutely dazzled me last year alongside Black Thought on their collaborative effort Glori...

5.  The Dream Of Delphi  - Bat For Lashes I was already a Bat For Lashes fan and even I wasn't prepared for this. Hearing her step further than ever before into this specious opulent dreamy landscape is very compelling and her vocals are ready to meet the moment. By the time reaches it's eerie shimmer of electronic instrumentation and the fluttering nature sounds on its way out it feels entirely beyond what I thought Bat For Lashes Was capable of.  Listen 4.  All The Same  - The Voidz Never accuse The Voidz of being predictable. After releasing a hard-hitting, blistering hard rock jam last year of course the band would shift focus to an electronic-tinged autotune ballad for All The Same . In a new era that's bizarre even by their standards, this might be the strangest song yet. Even though it doesn't blast you away with any truly random sounds is does seem to jangle it's way through a number of seemingly easy listens that get fed through The Voidz filter and com...

Bat For Lashes is a British indie pop singer who has been releasing records for over ten years now with some hits under her belt but a generally underrated discography to back it up. After dropping a number of well received singles for this record she has the potential to drop her most commercially successful record in years. Review By Lavender: For over a decade now Bat For Lashes has been releasing pretty consistently solid indie pop music with much less recognition than she deserves. While her discography isn't perfect records like Two Suns  and The Bride  are fresh and enjoyable takes on the sound she's made her name in. With her last record 2016's  The Bride  being a particularly thematic look at marriage I quite enjoyed what she had to offer on the record both lyrically and sonically and I was looking forward to this record. I didn't really expect Lost Girls to blow me away but after some solid singles I was mostly anticipating yet another solid release ...