ADALITA
ALL DAY VENUS
LIBERATION
Having already
proven herself away from the band that made her name, it seems, with her second
solo release, that the only person Adalita had anything to prove to this time,
was herself.
For it appears
this record was born of a period of serious self-reflection, personal growth
and that age-old songwriter’s muse, moving on. The emotion which pours from these
songs is so real it almost literally throbs with each note, with each
down-strum, with each drum beat. Indeed, this is as personal a record as you’re
likely to hear all year, and it’s this honesty which makes All Day Venus more than just a mere rock ‘n’ roll record.
Working with regular
Magic Dirt producer Lindsay Gravina, Adalita has kept this one musically
simple, which gives her lyrics all the more room to shine. Against a fuzzy
electric backdrop (it is still a rock
record at heart), she espouses on lost love and friendship with a uniqueness
and gravitas that show, hopefully to her too, that she’s one of the best
around.
3.5/5
Samuel J. Fell
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