“The artist’s eighth studio album is brimming with '90s inspiration, but can't be consigned to any one genre”
“Heterosexuality shows Shamir at the top of his creative game”
“At 27, Shamir is releasing his eighth studio album in six years, this time on AntiFragile, after short spans signed initially to XL and later to Father/Daughter Records. Always keen to put his own life into his music, the Las Vegas singer/songwriter and producer this time took a decisive step forward, stating: “I think this album is me finally acknowledging my trauma. Everyone knows I’ve been thro”
“The polymath indie artist delivers an album about breaking free from traumas and constricting binaries”
“Backed by industrial noise, drum machines, and synths, the Philadelphia-based songwriter rages at systems of oppression on a bleak, troubling record of nearly unrelenting hostility.”
