Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature

Seven songs and a bit over 30 minutes of space-ily jazzy folkish singer-songwriter art pop - without any sense of being fussed over or preciousness. 

"Michelangelo" is noteworthy, riding one of those melodies that seems to be all a single line, with lots of little arrangement bits to keep it interesting, and all round pretty lovely. All the other songs are good too and quietly intriguing.

But can we talk about "Hard Drive", which is something else, spoken and sung, ineffable, and with a spirit that reminds me of some of those other one-off classics that come along only so often, like "Mimi on the Beach", or "Body's in Trouble", and I'm not sure there are any others really. It feels dropped in from a sideways dimension, arriving in waves.