Lorde - Pure Heroine
16 year old Kiwi Ella Yelich-O'Connor has come from absolutely nowhere (or, as some call it, New Zealand) and started racking up #1 singles all over the world. What's more, she's done it with her debut. The buzz might not quite be as word-of-mouth as that of the last colossal rise to fame (Lana del Rey), but rather word-of-chart, and that both puzzles and alarms me. With all sorts of praise flying around like " the most vocally striking and lyrically thought-provoking " female vocalist around and claims that she " comes pretty close to birthing a ‘Common People’ for Generation Y " (good GOD how misdirected he is) it would be pretty fair to say that people are only setting her up for a fall. Right from the word go the world of Lorde is a joyless place. "Don't you think that it's boring how people talk?" she begins on 'Tennis Court', a moody, quiet ball of catchy vocal hooks and pouting. The production is one of newcomer...