The Singles Jukebox

We like it maybe?

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Thomas Inskeep: CRJ coos some generic ideas about California while Rostam’s track is stuck in neutral, an entirely forgettable 3:45 of nothing. Jepsen’s worst single in a decade.
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Tobi Tella: More of a breeze than a wind, the queen of maximalism embracing my worst enemy “chill pop” is a little disappointing. But it DOES make me want to put on a caftan and move my arms around in a storm, so I guess mission accomplished?
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Jeffrey Brister: CRJ is not suited to canned “California Vibes” production presets. Low stakes, low effort, has zero chance of causing me to have a moment of spiritual transcendence.
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Danilo Bortoli: It feels like every “nature is healing” 2020 think pieces packed up together in the form of a song.
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Wayne Weizhen Zhang: Solar Power, Part II: Electric Boogaloo, Now With Wind Turbines!
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Alfred Soto: Melancholic as the moment requires, chirpy as the moment doesn’t, “Western Wind” has the makings of a song whose title came first. CRJ sounds thin and quashed, as if backed against a wall. This needed a sirocco, not a sea breeze.
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Ian Mathers: Something about the production, especially the drum loop, makes me think of the halcyon days of White Town and Primitive Radio Gods. Putting a chorus so diaphanous and glowingly joyful over that backing is genius, especially when she throws in a brief Durutti Column homage (what????). This is the sound of someone finding a whole new gear and it’s glorious.
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