Midnight Train

ロンドン在住のオーストラリア人サックス・プレイヤー / キーボード奏者JORJA CHALMERSが、お馴染みITALIANS DO IT BETTERよりニューアルバムをリリース!
ヨーロッパのアートポップの魅力とアウトサイダーなエレクトロニクスをつなぎ合わせて生み出される耽美的なエレクトロニック・ポップを展開しています!

Jorja Chalmers released her debut album on Italians Do It Better in 2019, after years of touring as a saxophonist with Bryan Ferry and other acts. Human Again was a captivating set of dream pop songs and atmospheric instrumentals that poetically expressed the isolation and homesickness she faced while constantly touring around the world. Unlike the tour-sketched improvisations of Human Again, Midnight Train was created at Chalmers home studio, where she was able to spend more time developing ideas, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. She describes her home and family life as generally quiet and normal, but creating music allows her to explore a much darker and more vivid fantasy world. Her saxophone calls through the fog during the sleepwalking ambient pop of "Ill Be Waiting," and "Rabbit in the Headlights" is a creeping, seductive tale of desire and danger. A brief, blurry interpretation of Enyas "Boadicea" leads into the soaring "Love Me Tonight," one of Chalmers most heart-racing ballads. A cloud of fluttering saxophones titled "Nightingale" sets the stage for haunting, detached covers of the Doors "Riders on the Storm" and Siouxsie and the Banshees "Rhapsody." Apart from the pulsating "The Wolves of the Orangery," most of the remainder of the album drifts away from lyrics, with busier synths lending to the cinematic aura. "Midnight Train" is a reprise of "Ill Be Waiting" which comes on heavier, then dovetails into a whirlwind of mesmerizing synth arpeggios. The closing instrumental "Underwater Blood" feels like the end credits of a horror flick, and nearly reshapes the context of the entire album, inspiring the listener to listen back and pick up on hidden threads. ~ Paul Simpson