“On her third album for Hyperdub, the UK experimental musician uses chaotic arrangements and glitchy drums to express knotty, difficult-to-name emotions.”
“Listening to Loraine James is an act of reverence. The 27-year-old has managed to build a cult following thanks to her inventive songwriting and emotionally nuanced perspectives. It’s no surprise that she continues that legacy with her fourth album ‘Gentle Confrontation’, a collection of tracks that explore the aftermath of her father’s passing in 2003. James interprets “gentle confrontation” in ”
“Loraine James lets us take a deep, nostalgic dive into the vulnerable innocence of her past with her third album Gentle Confrontation. A work of high sentiment and originality, Loraine carries her listeners into a world inspired by the avant-garde varieties of rock, R&B, rap and emo electronic; it’s kind of like music from an earlier era, when artists were free to roam around their playground mix”
“Loraine James’s flurry continues with Gentle Confrontation's knotty explorations of home, family and adolescence”
