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- Summary: The fourth full-length release from Oakland, California-based singer-songwriter Madeline Kenney was self-recorded and produced.
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- Record Label: Carpark Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Dream Pop
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Jul 28, 2023Spacey synths and trippy percussion give listeners a taste of her internal world; dreamy and wistful but also riddled with disruptive bouts of gentle chaos.
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Jul 28, 2023She makes daring moves on A New Reality Mind, but with a stronger push, the whole album could be a daring statement, too.
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Jul 28, 2023Kenney approaches herself with a welcome degree of warmth and self-acceptance, a sense of perspective and grace that gives the record an airy sun-lit undercurrent. As much as these songs are reflections in the aftermath of love lost, they are equally a path forward, offering new beginnings and new stylistic rabbit holes.
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Jul 28, 2023While not among her more tuneful material, A New Reality Mind is a detail-oriented work that engages with its balance of sonic inventiveness and pop reference points. Lyrically, it may also connect with its steady stream of readjusted expectations.
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Aug 8, 2023When, on “The Same Again,” she sings, “Move slow when you speak, so you really get to say what you’re meaning,” sounding as if her face is scrunched into a grimace, she turns a fairly oblique phrase into a razor-sharp barb. These moments, although far between, suggest that A New Reality Mind could have been a more dynamic record if it had zeroed in on Kenney’s intentional, suggestive performances.
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