Aldous Harding – Warm Chris For an artist as idiosyncratic as Aldous Harding, it seems like a miracle that 2019’s Designer presented her sound as well as it did. A record like that can find the perfect balance between approachable and eccentric, and for many serves as a perfect entry point. Following it would be difficult, a complete rehash would feel stilted, while returning to the darker and stripped-back sound of Party would alienate new fans. For Warm Chris , Harding has maintained the personality and joviality of her lyrics and musicianship while simultaneously pushing her voice and herself by proxy as far as it’s been pushed before. On her previous albums, Harding used her voice to portray a character at once spritely and gothic, a necessary vessel to portray each track's strangeness. She’s still here, but Harding’s vocals now twist and turn their way throughout the record, evoking any timbre necessary to lift her words, even when it no longer sounds like her voice. “Feve...
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