“(Sandy) Alex G is uniquely inventive and insightful on House of Sugar”
“The enigmatic songwriter’s latest album is full of vignettes that shift to reveal and conceal themselves in ways too unpredictable to be easily faked. It might be his best yet.”
“(Sandy) Alex G’s ninth album is loosely based on a garish casino in Philly called SugarHouse. The great majority of his listeners won’t be familiar, but they might recognise the stories he sets within its walls. Like the best songwriters, he has the rare talent of writing about his own personal history in a way that makes you think he’s writing about you. That’s even more impressive given these ar”
“Perhaps the most fascinating thing about (Sandy) Alex G is how he manages to release an album of consistently original, absorbing material every couple of years. Since his first self-released record in 2010 (‘Race’), the 26-year-old Philadelphia artist has gone on to release a further eight albums. His latest – the wildly creative and simultaneously cohesive ‘House of Sugar’ – is his third for Dom”
“The Philly musician's newest album is trapped between the two that preceded it.”
“House of Sugar is sprinkled with some brilliant and beautiful ideas, but is on the whole marred by an unsatisfying flow, dodgy songwriting, and faint lead vocals.”
