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The last time Harry Styles released an album, the rollout did not go as planned.
Stars are just like us: exhausted.
New works from radios heavy hitters map out their quarantine wellness routines.
Escapism is the core theme of LordesSolar Power.
Quiet time inspired Taylor Swifts return to acoustic songs and rustic scenes overfolkloreandevermore.
(Performing 1Ds boyfriend pep talk What Makes You Beautiful and then backing Shania Twain on Man!
I Feel Like a Woman!
)Harrys Houseoffers a peek at the couplesunique version of domesticitybut doesnt let us poke around past the foyer.
The records chief interests are food, drinks, sex, drugs, travel, and companionship.
The difficulties of a long-distance relationship are alluded to but not always elaborated on in any great depth.
Styless carefully cultivated coyness keeps us ever at arms length.
But its this slipperiness that makesHarrys Housea real treat for the ears.
Something the album handles incredibly well is recalibrating the sound underneath the singers vocals and lyrics.
Hes friends with Nicks and Mick Fleetwood.
Matilda makes these lines feel slight, reminding us of the sensitive depth hes capable of.
When this album bucks cliche, it is delightfully wild.
We can use that, though.
Every album doesnt have to talk about coping mechanisms and therapy and mass death and political disorder.
Its warm out, and a rubbery bass line in a carefree bop has its place.
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