A super daring, out-of-pocket move for the band, yet still charming, with great results. With some of Alex Turner’s most inspired songwriting, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino veers from croons to falsetto cries as he ties together an interpretive, loose narrative. Retro-futurist production lies atop hyperrealist satire, escapism, and warm melancholy, creating the equivalent of […]
Norah Jones thrives on hybrids. Much of her music is difficult to tie down to one genre, especially with her newest LP, Begin Again, a lush mixture of elements of hip hop, jazz, R&B, and, at times, folk. The album, in part, explores how people interact: From times of blind dependence to aggressively breaking free
A quote I heard from someone listening to Views for the first time was, “This seems like the other side of Marvin’s Room”, which the album really does. Views feels like it could be nestled in between Take Care and Nothing Was the Same and the only difference would be the new-school trap-ish beats on
