I BRINGS THAT LEVITY

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

FYI, this album leaked yesterday. You can probably find it quite easily. It is as AMAZING as its cover, which is to say, REALLY REALLY AMAZING.

Comments

[koganbot]

Didn't hit me all that hard on first listen. I like "Side Effects" quite a lot, but could imagine lots of other singers doing it not much differently (which isn't a criticism). She's using her voice as a lot of different brush strokes, but she doesn't push her voice forward as the Great Big Splash in the way that she did on Emotions, way back when.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I think her singing might be more nuanced now though - that early exuberance was very youthful, but in its place there are so many more brushstrokes. (I've belatedly been getting into lots of early Mariah this year though - I love 'Make It Happen'.) And she can still splash you in the face when she wants - the opening of 'Migrate'!