The singer-songwriter Mitski Laycock is full of talents, among which that of passing off her existential doubts (she is publicly considering leaving the profession for good) for tender and vulnerable love songs. There are eleven on this sixth album, one Laurel Hell aesthetically more quartered than was the brilliant Be the Cowboy (2018), but this diversity of styles serves his songs wonderfully. After the first two sweet synth pop songs, the musician reveals some treasures: the touching chorus of Stay Softa nod to the Velvet Underground from the intoxicating ballad heat lightningthe epic new wave song The Only Heartbreaker, made even more poignant by the clear timbre of the interpreter’s voice that goes straight to our hearts. Even on the more dynamic songs, Mitski does not hide the touch of melancholy that inhabits him, on Love Me More at the heart of the disc, the perfect Should’ve Been Me and That’s Our Lamp in conclusion, endowed with almost disco orchestrations that we would have found on ABBA records. Great pop.
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