Come Around

ポストパンク～インダストリアル～コールドウェーブなど様々なジャンルを飲み込み拡張を続け、UKレフトフィールド注目ユニットF INGERSのメンバーでもあるオーストラリア出身シンガー・ソングライター/マルチインスト奏者 CARLA DAL FORNO。自身のレーベルKALLISTA RECORDSより、3RDアルバム『COME AROUND』をCD / LPリリース!

以前、一緒にバンドをやっていた男にインスパイアされたというタイトル・トラック"COME AROUND"は、ドリーミーで魅力的なミュージック・ヴィデオも秀逸! YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS、VIRGINIA ASTLEYらを彷彿させるポップ・センスとフィーリングが全編に渡って散りばめられた待望のニューアルバムとなっています。

Carla dal Fornos third solo album appeared after the singer/songwriter had returned to her native Australia after living in Berlin and London. On the gently paced opening song "Side by Side," shes glad that shes able to revisit her former environment and reconnect with people from her past. Like her previous album, 2019s Look Up Sharp, Come Around is mysterious and detached, but much clearer and more direct than her earlier work. The songs often feature post-punk basslines, ticking drum machines, and dubby effects, with dal Fornos voice coolly floating above it all. "Come Around" is an inviting tune with beckoning lyrics and flecks of bright, retro-minded guitar chords. It sounds happy, but it gives off a sly smirk rather than an unabashedly gleeful ear-to-ear smile. She covers "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by the United States of America, transforming it from a kaleidoscopic whirlwind to a much more stripped-down, hypnotic warning, placing more emphasis on the songs ominous, poetic lyrics. "Mind Youre On" is more urgent but still understated, and "Slumber," a duet with Thomas Bush of the duo RAP, pledges comfort and reassurance. The song fittingly precedes "Deep Sleep," a murky instrumental which would make fitting background music for an 80s television drama series. On the final song "Caution," she takes heed of warning signs, but remains confident, repeating "Shoot the line, should go fine" at the end. Throughout the album, dal Forno reveals many intimate thoughts but still suggests much more. ~ Paul Simpson

オーストラリア出身のアーティスト/マルチ奏者Carla dal Fornoの3rdアルバムを自身のレーベルよりリリース。過去の作品ではポストパンクからインダストリアルまでどのジャンルをも比類なき才能で幽玄なサウンドにしてきた彼女だが、今作ではニューエイジやフォークを基調としたサウンドはドリーミーでとても聴き心地良い仕上がりに。その背景には前作以来オーストラリア南東部の小都市に移住したことに影響を受けているのだろう。生活が変わった彼女が解放感を感じるようになった際に制作された《Come Around》は是非ミュージックビデオと共に聴いてほしい一曲。
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