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Ariana Grande’s “Petal” Era Blooms Into Her Most Unfiltered Album Yet
The four-piece spent two years learning what to leave out, and their new single is the clearest evidence yet that it worked.
The four-piece spent two years learning what to leave out, and their new single is the clearest evidence yet that it worked.
Acoustic songwriting run through a distinctly unfriendly amplifier, and it works far better than that description suggests.
Her second single strips the arrangement back to voice, upright bass and room tone, and loses none of its force for it.
The producer’s latest is dense with detail but never cluttered, layering field recordings under a deceptively simple melody.
Recorded live over two nights, the new single keeps the looseness most studio sessions sand away.
After a four-year gap, the band have traded their sharp edges for something considerably more generous.