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In a sense, this makes her predictable.
Its going to serve bleak, Nick Caveish chamber music, just sweet enough to render the darkness enticing.
The last albums skeleton crew returns for this months latest,Chemtrails Over the Country Club.
Everythings burnt here / Theres no escaping it, she laments in The Land of 1,000 Fires.
The opener, White Dress, details an eventful trip to Florida.
Chemtrailsis a subtle scaling back of the already sparse sonics ofRockwell.
These songs are slow but not necessarily long, bare-bones but not quite empty.
In Yosemite, the most depressing-sounding thing on this album, the singer relishes feeling appreciated and understood.
The title track celebrates friends and loved ones.
Im not unhinged or unhappy, Lana sings at one point in the title track, Im just wild.
Whats fascinating about this collection of songs is that its perspective switches unexpectedly between autobiographical and story songs.
Sheactually did danceat an Afro-Caribbean two-step joint with Joan.
(Did the Men in Music Business Conference of White Dress really happen?)
The steadfast resolve that has sharpened Lanas music over time has sometimes made her unpopular off-record, though.
Herresponseon Twitter to aComplexpost about the incident Its fucked up.
You know Im real was telling.
Lashing out at your critics only invites more drama.
If you dont give a shit, dont give a shit.
It could be lighter for her if she adapted a bit and explained herself less.
But keeping the same energy is core to the Lana Del Rey experience.
The paradox remains alluring.
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