emails i can't send

アメリカ・ペンシルバニア出身のシンガーソングライター/女優のSabrina Carpenterによる3年ぶり5枚目となるオリジナル・アルバム。

The fifth studio album from singer and actress Sabrina Carpenter, 2022s Emails I Cant Send is as charmingly ebullient as it is candid. Her first full-length release since moving to Island Records, the record builds nicely upon the upbeat dance-pop of her early work while also displaying her growing strength and honesty as a songwriter. It also finds her drawing inspiration from the classic singer/songwriter style of artists like Carly Simon and Carole King while fitting well alongside the contemporary work of artists like Conan Gray. Much of the album is loosely conceptualized around emails she wrote to herself. For example, the title track, "Emails I Cant Send," is a yearning piano ballad in which a daughter excoriates her father for his infidelity to her mother. Similarly, "Vicious" is a hooky, acoustic guitar-driven anthem in which Carpenter addresses her quiet anguish over a particularly toxic relationship. More upbeat is "Read Your Mind," in which she ruminates on a wishy-washy lover on a hooky track that evokes the sparkling disco-pop of the Cardigans. With Emails I Cant Send, Carpenter has crafted a record that reflects her emotional maturity five albums into her career, which also feels like a refreshing new start. ~ Matt Collar

オリヴィア・ロドリゴへのアンサーソングと噂される"Because I Liked A Boy"を含む5枚目のアルバム。Z世代の歌姫に相応しい、そんなゴシップもさることながら、同曲はみずから重ねた多重ハーモニーが聴きどころ。モダンなR&Bを基軸にインディー・ロック風あり、フォーク調ありの全13曲。ファンキーな"Read You Mind"には60年代のブルーアイド・ソウルが透ける。装飾過多になりすぎない音作りも好感が持てる。
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