Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Angie McMahon - Light, Dark, Light Again

Unusual nowadays to find a song that calls on me to replay it over and over, and Light, Dark, Light Again has two in a row - "Fish", with its austere chime and invocation of Pornography-era Cure alongside 90s indie sulk, and the most addictive song I've heard in ages, and then "Letting Go", which is as "Thunder Road" as they come in this mode. The whole album has a vibe; it's good. I can't help triangulating - a little bit Sharon Van Etten, a little bit Courtney Barnett, a little bit Lucy Dacus. Plus McMahon's Australian.