Lorde Melodrama (CD)

With its pounding piano house sound, Green Light brought back sounds not heard in pop music for years. Its indicative of Lorde’s Melodrama as a whole only in its determination to be bold and different. The Louvre updates Phil Spectors girl group formula as it imagines Lorde and her partner hanging in The Louvre (in the back, but who cares, still The Louvre), Liability is a hymnal ballad reminiscent of Mercury Revs Deserters Songs.

Melodrama is a rudely excellent album, introspective without ever being indulgent, OTT in all the right ways, honest and brave, full of brilliant songs with lyrics to chew over for months. The message might be that Lorde considers herself wild and flawed and bruised (Ill love you till you call the cops on me, she sings, on the deliciously bitter Writer In The Dark), but we all do sometimes.

Thats the neatest trick Melodrama pulls off universal connection, in spite of the squad and the praise and the superstardom and the pressure. Humanity intact. Artistry assured. Brilliance confirmed. (NME)

Vinyl LP

Tracklist:
A1 Green Light 3:54
A2 Sober 3:17
A3 Homemade Dynamite 3:09
A4 The Louvre 4:31
A5 Liability 2:51
A6 Hard Feelings/ Loveless 6:07
B1 Sober II (Melodrama) 2:58
B2 Writer In The Dark 3:36
B3 Supercut 4:37
B4 Liability (Reprise) 2:16
B5 Perfect Places 3:41