“The Los Angeles-based composer and singer-songwriter’s latest collection delivers a spectrum of emotions colored by expressive, refreshing candor.”
“This is the perfect place to jump into the L.A. ’emo ambient’ artist’s sonic world”
“Sentiment is Claire Rousay’s self-professed pop album, and compared to the abstracted sound collages of earlier works marks a subtle change of pace for the experimental Canadian-American artist. “Pop” might seem a stretch, but these are field recordings with a solid emotional centre, the soundtrack of someone unspooling in real time. “It’s 4pm on a Monday and I cannot stop sobbing,” intones guest ”
“Since Claire Rousay distanced herself from her Christian upbringing, where she played drums in an evangelical rock band, she’s evaded easy categorisation in the music she’s produced, and in how that music has been presented. I can’t tell you what number album sentiment is, because I can’t confidently gauge which of Rousay’s releases she considers to be albums. 2022’s everything perfect is already ”
“Channeling her field recordings and sound collages into richly melodic slowcore overlaid with Auto-Tune, the Texas musician opens up a new expressive frontier in her work.”
“What if life was a mixtape? Rather than shared collections of beats and rhymes, claire rousay curates the sounds of objects, shared collisions and conversations, everyday moments gathered in quiet times. For the past four or five years those collected noises have been collaged into an array of experimental releases impressive in both quality and quantity. Now on her debut for Thrill Jockey, rousay”
