“For all of its meticulous piano flourishes and hushed vocals, there is something disconcerting at the heart of the new Andy Shauf album, Norm. No stranger to devising tight, rich concepts which linger in the hungover hours of the early morning (notably on previous albums The Party and The Neon Skyline), Shauf offers an obscure and menacing tale of heartbreak on Norm, one doused in notions of paran”
“Andy Shauf is still playing god on the shadowy Norm”
“Andy Shauf’s albums sort of feel like watching a murder mystery—at the same time as you’re appreciating the gentle Canadian singer/songwriter’s craft, you’re also trying to work out just where he’s coming from, and what emotional circumstances you’re in. He famously has a knack for concept LPs, the most well-known being The Party (2016). If you’ve come in contact with Shauf’s work before, you can ”
“The Canadian musician’s latest album is his most ambitious yet: a lush, cryptic, and creepy suite that questions the very concept of love.”
