“Jillian Rose Banks has spent the past six years making fascinating, sedated songs that vacillate between trap-pop and R&B. Now, with music’s dominant sound moving in her direction, the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter’s third and most impressive album yet only lacks the helicopter hit that would lift her to a higher level of stardom. As with all the best sets, it’s coherent but not repetitive,”
“Jillian Banks makes music that repays repeat listens. Sure, the L.A. native’s alt-R&B bops can be catchy – her most-streamed song, ‘Beggin For Thread’, almost sounds like something All Saints could have recorded. But they’re also filled with intricate production details and semi-cryptic lyrics that seep deeper into your brain the more you play them.She trailed this third album with ‘Gimme’, an ele”
“The new album from Banks is the sound of an artist on the cusp of superstardom”
“While the brooding pop singer can’t always shake the anodyne songwriting that plagued her past work, III is still Banks’ best album to date.”
“As BANKS, California native Jillian Banks released a series of slow-burn alt pop hits like ‘Beggin’ For Thread’ and ‘Gemini Feed’ from 2013 to 2017. Then, abruptly, the music stopped. Now, after two years of soul-searching, the singer-songwriter is back with her aptly titled third album, III. So, how has BANKS updated her sound for 2019? Most noticeably, the sparse, mid-tempo tracks of albums God”
