Tag: Manicure for the Strangers from The Vildes

“Unforgiven”: Sophia Mengrosso’s Operatic War Cry.

Sophia Mengrosso’s new album, “Unforgiven”, doesn’t so much start as it does detonate, a thirteen-song treatise on survival. Her voice, a thing clearly trained for gilded halls and velvet curtains, instead wails from within a foundry’s clang and fire. The result is a bizarre and beautiful collision, the sonic equivalent of discovering a lost Caravaggio painting lit by a flickering fluorescent tube in a...

The New Citizen Kane’s “The Tales of Morpheus” Is A Symphony Of Self-Discovery

From Home Studio to Sonic Renaissance: The New Citizen Kane Transformed Anxiety into a 21-Track Electronic Opus. The New Citizen Kane, an artist from London, releases "The Tales Of Morpheus", a huge 21-track record that mixes electronic music with indie pop, new wave, nu-disco, and even bossa nova. Introspective and wide, this self-produced piece recorded fully in a home studio explores personal growth, creative freedom, and...

The Vildes Question Perfection with “Manicure for the Strangers”

With The Vildes releasing "Manicure for the Strangers", I found myself instinctively checking my reflection in the black screen of my monitor, correcting a...