7.7
Avg Score
4
Opinions
#9,478
All Time
11
Tracks
“As the clanging keyboard chords that open ‘The Road’ ring out like sinister church bells, it’s clear that Canadian composer and songwriter Lydia Ainsworth’s second album is going to be something very special indeed. Following a spate of recent pop culture nods to a hip new activism-based kind of witchcraft – indie movie The Love Witch and Lana Del Rey’s anti-Trump spell for starters – this seems t”
“It’s telling that in place of a serene forest, lit by twilight, the cover of Lydia Ainsworth’s second album is a profile shot of her staring boldly at the camera, looking defiant yet angelic. Certainly the clanging bells, piano and synths that open ‘Darling Of The Afterglow’ signify a change – gone are the softer edges and spectral moods, replaced with something altogether more colourful and assur”
“Lydia Ainsworth gives weirdness a warm welcome”
“The Toronto-based composer and her wonderfully dynamic voice sail into poppier waters on her second album with huge, lush arrangements that have a tendency to weigh down the songs.”
