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Seanchan posted...

Did a first listen yesterday.

As you might expect, I wasn't feeling this. I might be wrong in calling this an "artsy" album, but that's how it came across to me on a first listen. It felt like one of those albums where I am missing the background and insight into the artist to know why this album is such a big deal.

It is classified as 'art pop' (and glitch pop) on RYM, so it is artsy. I think of FKA twigs in the same breath as SOPHIE, if on opposite ends of that particular spectrum. Where Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides is abrasive, Magdalene creates unease through relatively quiet moments that are occasionally thrust into passionate bursts. There's a certain control of emptiness that sets this apart, whether it be minimal instrumentation or the occasional total stop. This juxtaposition creates what I find to be a unique sense of motion throughout the album.