Cassandra Jenkins
My Light, My Destroyer
60--100点相当
The Skinny 含む3メディア以上の満点(現況)
各曲の構成/進行みたいなのは、わりとオーソドックスで
面白みは低いのだが、
特にギターの音色など、ニールヤングのバンド的なサウンドになっていたり
サウンドだけでも結構引き込まれてしまう。
After her 2021 breakout album An Overview on Phenomenal Nature, Cassandra Jenkins could have done anything. She left everything resolved, no unfinished ideas. She took her listeners with her wherever she went: We spent time at home, in New York, where a consequential encounter with a Met Breuer security guard spelled inspiration and the inimitable fan-favorite track “Hard Drive.” We left home, too, a Norway sojourn and ocean immersion providing temporary relief after the death of David Berman. We met Jenkins’s friends and acquaintances—even her driving instructor—and sat in reflective silence at the Ramble in Central Park. The arrangements were adventurous, gentle yet direct, embracing a colorful gamut of influences and instruments to create an immediately quintessential “Cassandra Jenkins” sound. If there was one complaint among the mass of positive reviews and best-of-the-year blurbs, it was that the seven-track album left us craving no less than seven more.
My Light, My Destroyer, then, is everything a third Cassandra Jenkins album should be: Across 13 pieces of music, dialogue and field recordings, Jenkins invites us closer to home and takes us further away. We’re in the flower shop where she works, then in Illinois, then Phoenix, then at her local pet store, then with her on an airplane. Most notably, we meet Sandra, her mother. We know from the lyrics of “New Bikini” that Sandra is a grounding presence and fountain of advice. Taking Sandra’s involvement to its logical next step, Jenkins presents her mother’s speaking voice during “Betelgeuse,” allowing us to listen in on their stargazing session.
ニューヨークのSSW
3rd
202407推し