I Love My Mom＜New Colored Vinyl＞

2023年作『ALL OF THIS WILL END』も大好評だったUSノースカロライナ発インディゴ・デ・ソウザ。ルーツでありいきなりUSインディ中心へ飛び込んできた2018年デビュー作『I LOVE MY MOM』がSADDLE CREEKより新カラー盤で再発!

ジュリアン・ベイカーラインのキリっと洗練されたメロディと、ダニエル・ジョンストンラインの朧気でボンヤリしたメロディが混在し、パキッとした音像に身を任せたインディゴ・デ・ソウザでしかない作風がこの時から健在!バンド結成後直ぐに良い反応が見られ、友人宅で本作を数日でレコーディング、宣伝をほぼせずネットから口コミで本作の凄まじさは広がって行きました。そんなホッコリ手作り感満載な話に裏打ちされた、聴いた人全てを射貫くグッドメロディとインディ・ロックのダイナミックさを捉えた音作りを楽しんで!

North Carolina songwriter Indigo De Souza followed up a pair of inconsistent EPs with her first long-player, I Love My Mom. (The phrase appears in her song Ghost.) An especially candid and personal set, the songs were recorded to tape at a friends house with Owen Stone and MJ Jake Lenderman, both of whom played on the album and co-produced. The resulting work sees De Souza solidly find her footing, combining pop melodies with raw, passionate vocal performances, jagged guitar riffs, and touches of noise. Opener How I Get Myself Killed kicks things off with echoey guitar and murmured reflections before the drums kick in and De Souza raises her voice as the idea (This is probably how I get myself killed) becomes an assertion. The song goes on to scrutinize a burgeoning relationship. With a similar mindset, the catchy Take Off Ur Pants offers a slinkier bass groove that supports rambling thoughts dwelling in envy and comparison. Theyre interspersed with lines that confront a boyfriend, though she combines both at points (When am I gonna find a better man/Like everybody else does/Everybody else does). Later, the album makes room for more-resigned ballads, like Smoke and the one acoustic entry, I Had to Get Out, as well as outliers like the mocking retro-rock ditty, What Are We Gonna Do Now. These are outnumbered, though, by anguished rockers like the voice-straining, dissonance-stippled Sick in the Head and midtempo Homes Team, which laments bored hook-ups with more of the albums inadequate men. As De Souzas lyrics continue to search for fulfillment, she settles into a distinctive voice with I Love My Mom, an album that landed her a contract with Saddle Creek. ~ Marcy Donelson