By Emma Rickett, Contributor
[Republic Records; 2022]
Rating: 4/10
Key tracks: “Pocket”, “Stagger”
Moriah Periera, who started her career on YouTube making surreal videos under the alias That Poppy, has carried her uniqueness through all her creative works. Songs like “BLOODMONEY” and “I Disagree” are glitchy nu-metal compared to her first album, 3:36 (Music to Sleep To), which sounds exactly like music to sleep to. Periera is no stranger to genre-hopping and blending her favorite genres together in a cohesive, digestible way. Her new EP, Stagger, is a genre she shouldn’t have hopped to.
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Before You Die: Halfaxa
By: Emma Rickett, Contributor Halfaxa, home to one of the greatest Grimes songs ever written, is the second studio album written by Canadian artist, Claire Boucher. Even though she dated Elon Musk, was malnourished from only eating spaghetti for two years and got into Twitter beef with Azealia Banks (who claimed Grimes “smelled like a…
Album Review: Grimes – Miss Anthropocene
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Grimes releases new song and details new album
By Micah Organ, Contributor [Photo courtesy of Phillip Nguyen/Wikimedia Commons] Musician and producer Grimes released a new song, called “So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth,” on Friday, November 15. The singer also announced details regarding her forthcoming album, Miss Anthropocene, which is due out on February 21, 2020, via independent record label 4AD. Read…
Album Review: Poppy – Am I a Girl?
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