Lav's Music Corner

Review by Lavender: FKA Twigs is a massively acclaimed singer-songwriter whose experimental takes on R&B have manifested through three studio albums up to this point. While her records LP1 , Magdelene, and (spoiler alert) Eusexua  are all great, she also has an array of mixtapes and EPs worth diving into. These projects can all be used to trace her development from R&B experimenter to full-on genre-bending auteur. 2019's Magdalene  experimented with space and quite much more than anything she'd released before and while Eusexua  has its moments of reservation. by comparison, this is an album that much prefers stuttering drum loops and and fluttering synth flourishes to chilling silence.  Given that tease it's unfortunate the only place to start with the album is its astonishing lead single and title track. "Eusexua" drew comparisons to Magdalene 's lead single "Cellophane" and it's easy to see why. Both songs are astonishing in their beau...

Had 30 songs on the shortlist this week, wish me luck.  5.  Driver - Soccer Mommy While Soccer Mommy has never really consistently dazzled me the way some of her singer-songwriter peers do, she is pretty good at delivering something consistently solid. That's the case with her second single of the year which features a punchy instrumental marked by brash cymbal clashes and a great guitar solo on the bridge. But even more than that, it's her killer vocals on the hook that really sell the song.  Listen 4.  Ballet  - The Garden After loving the most recent Garden album WAY more than anything the eccentric pair had done before I'm glad to see them keeping their momentum up on this new single. They once again combine punk snarl, synthetic drums and dizzying production to serve up a short but incredibly memorable song that's just as punchy as it is catchy at every moment.  Listen 3.  Dancing In The Flames  - The Weeknd While this may not have been the m...