It’s a brand new year – time for a fresh start and a wiping clean of the slate! So what better way to celebrate than with an album that deals in regret, materialism, imperfect lovers and dark nights of the soul? Hooray!
Diagrams is Sam Genders, formerly of folktronica group Tunng, and those still shaking off that NYE hangover will be relieved to know that he deals in far more than just emotional torment.
Take Brain which is, in Genders’ own words, “a song of gratitude for having a person in your life which extends out into a wider gratitude for everyone in your life and the whole strange experience of life.” Hardly a bleak message, right?
And then there’s the music, which counterbalances the complex themes on offer here with skewed pop melodies. Opening track Phantom Power – a song about trying to get a grip on your own subjective reality – sets the tone, whereas You Can Talk To Me might be the loveliest thing Genders has ever written.
So have a listen using the widget below, and let us know your thoughts in the comments section below!
