Sandy Alex G by Tonje Thilesen
(Sandy) Alex G has unveiled a new song entitled, whisper it, ‘rosebush’.
It follows last year’s House Of Sugar album which was released to widespread acclaim last autumn, not least of which here at Live4ever where our 9/10 review was more than enough to secure it a place on our end-of-year retrospective:
“Thematically the album picks apart the conflicts at the centre of a person’s soul: the twin anxieties of being uncomfortable in one’s own skin whilst being curious about, and in fear of, how you may be perceived by others. It’s touched on lyrically but it’s really the album’s technique of adding alternating layers (one of warmth, one of disharmony) that demonstrate the nature of humanity, being both sugary sweet and sinisterly discomforting.”
“House Of Sugar is paced like a film, building softly and acoustically before liberally adding layers of effects and electronica (reaching its zenith on the regal Sugar) until it’s at a point where the clouds of fog are all-consuming. Only then are we allowed to draw a breath and reflect.”