Census Designated - Jane Remover: Review
Jane Remover is hyperpop's answer to the singer-songwriter. Though she doesn't fit in with many of her more vibrant peers she's often been categorized as "digicore." Her previous album Frailty dropped back in 2021 and was met with a slow unfolding of critical acclaim from the electronic and pop music underground. Review by Lav: Compared to Frailty , which I was late to come around on and wasn't quite as big a fan of as some others, I felt all in on the hype for Census Designated . That began with a song Jane released last year that I liked quite a bit and it continued into immense enjoyment for everything she released this year in the lead-up to this project. Thankfully, those singles weren't a mirage. This album is actually as good as I hoped it would be, in fact, it's better. This album opens and closes with merely fine moments. Cage Girl / Camgirl is a great introduction to so many of the motifs the album will deploy. Jane's girlish vocals...