Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insides (Uk)

Sophie - Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insides - SOPHIE's debut album, OIL OF EVERY PEARL's UN-INSIDES, adapts many of the technical strategies heard on her previous work to looser, more sprawling compositions. Instead of chaining together compact singles as on 2015's PRODUCT, the album builds and releases narrative tension. Beat-heavy romps like "Ponyboy" and "Faceshopping" nestle together at the top of the tracklist after "It's Okay to Cry," giving way to celestial swells of synthesizer and voice. Where SOPHIE's early singles exhibited a keen feel for economy and a killer sense of humor, OIL makes a bid for transcendent beauty.