Jonas lives is devoid of color and feeling. Takes on larger, more existential questions in that the society in which protagonist With less of a focus on romance, the film Phillip Noyce is a good way to round out such a year. Grades reading it in high school so perhaps I missed the mark by a coupleįilm with clear eyes and very little idea of what the concept was besides theįact that it was another teen dystopian flick to throw on top of the pile. All of the bones are there: O’s simple but infectious melodies, delicate guitar, love-drunk and intimate lyrics-it just feels (and is) unfinished.For some reason I missed out on The Giver by Lois It’s hard not to view most of the album’s tracks as raw vignettes of what could have been something great. As a whole, Crush Songs feels more like a demo than a finished product. Of the album’s 15 songs, several clock in at less than a minute, providing fleeting glimpses into O’s melancholy psyche at the time. When O announced Crush Songs back in June, the singer explained that it was inspired by the fear that she would never fall in love again because she had too many crushes.
Throughout the album’s short 25-minute run time, O sticks to just acoustic guitar and vocals fleshed out by a touch of distortion. In fact, most of O’s signature quirks are absent. But there are no sequins on the home-recorded Crush Songs. On tape and on stage, the musician showers audiences with glitzy performances set to disco backbeats and candid ballads. On her first solo album, a fuzzy bundle of 15 tracks written and recorded between 20, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman and purveyor of all things art-punk explores the subject in scattered, bare-bones bursts.Īs the magnetic leader of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, O is known for producing emotional spectacles. Clearly, Karen O has experienced her share of fleeting love interests.
Crushes are like fever dreams-crystal clear in the moment, but a cluster of unresolved emotions after the fact.
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