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ALBUM REVIEW: "Party" by Aldous Harding

   Party is NZ-based singer Aldous Harding's mesmerising follow up to her 2014 self-titled debut. Party is intimate and hypnotising, largely confined to lightly finger picked acoustic guitar, the occasional piano and Harding's hushed, soulful voice, and it was this that really did it for me on this record. It's a record that isn't in a rush to go anywhere, and while I criticised Asgeir's Afterglow for doing the same thing, I was comfortable enough in where Harding took me that I wasn't left wanting further development. It's like sitting down with an old friend and being brought up to speed on everything that's happened to them since you saw them last; I was transfixed start to finish.

   Favourite Songs: Blend, Party, What If Birds Aren't Singing They're Screaming and I'm So Sorry

    Least Favourite Song: Horizon, if I had to chose one.

   Rating: A

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