Well, Teen Dream is wonderful. The sound, and overall feel, is dreamy and airy at the same time that it has a kind of rawness and human-ness that feels organic; the songs unspool unexpectedly but with delicate, sturdy structures within them. And it's diverse - my three favourites are a dramatic, intimate epic with an anthemic, pulling chorus ("Walk in the Park"), a gauzey, almost am radio-y lullaby with a hint of a David Lynch tone ("Better Times"), and, basically, an elegant, dreamy, torch song ("Real Love"). It took a few spins before I could begin to listen to it somewhat apart from the retrospective aura of the wonderful, skyscraping Bloom, but Teen Dream has plenty of charms of its own.
