Timeless journey in fantastic worlds, Tusks named her new album well: Gold is bright, warm, and glorious. Review.
GOLD – TUSKS
Tusks’ electro-pop is as fine as it is intriguing. For her third album, Emily Underhill, a.k.a. Tusks, walks into seemingly uncharted territories and shapes Gold into a one-of-a-kind gem. Wake starts it with a comfortable sunrise, intoxicating and announcing what’s to come. The large fields the album brings up are made of broken love stories, soothed anxiety, isolation, austerity, questions, and a couple of answers. It all basks in a golden aura, incredibly soft and peaceful.
The exploration of these lands goes in two ways: digitally – for the meticulous production, intricately sewn with sounds and effects to complete each song – and analogue. Here, what matters most is the sound’s texture. On Adore as much as on The Way and its depth, Read The Room and its torrential storm, and on Gold itself, the result is hypnotic. Artificial Flame makes me shiver too, with its snuggling vocals and perfect round piano chords.
Tusks has a consistent echo through the record that makes me appreciate her lyricism and range even more. Thus, she extraordinarily opens gates on unexpected worlds on Strangers, guitar riffs boiling up. Once more, the balance between digital and analogue seems natural here and makes me place this song on top. To conclude this third record, Body Ache and Cold Storm are linked. The former is an internal storm, pain softened and improved by music; the latter is pure, its epic and torn attitude showing progression at the halfway point. The sun sets, cold is comfortable and heartbreaking. With Gold, Tusks confirms she is a complete artist, but also an alchemist.
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