![]() There are long-awaited new albums, and then there’s what Tool fans just went through: 13 years since the last full-length from the art-metal auteurs, with various shows and side projects in between. ![]() The Album That Hard-Rock Devotees Will Be Poring Over For Years: Del Rey has never been more in control, and her narrative has not only torched the cynics, but also surprised those who never saw her as an all-timer. It’s an album for troubled times in America, but it’s also soothing in its nostalgic pangs (“Give me Hallmark / One dream, one life, one lover,” she sings on “Venice Bitch”) and frank in its discussion of power dynamics. ![]() Norman Fucking Rockwell! is the sound of unadulterated ambition, as Del Rey takes her uncanny lyrical observations and vocal yearning, pairs them with Jack Antonoff’s measured song construction, and shoots for the moon. She has been an undisputed star for some time, and could coast by for years on the smoky timbre of her voice if she really wanted, but Del Rey absolutely refuses to settle. ![]() The Album In Which an Established Star Levels Up, Again:Įarlier in her career, Lana Del Rey overcame skepticism and outright dismissiveness by putting a premium on songwriting, atmosphere and authenticity of aesthetic. ![]()
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