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CARLA DAL FORNO Confession LP (Kallista)

Four volumes in and Carla dal Forno hasn’t changed for anyone. Top tier sad/bed rot x fashion/selfie times, with the conviction to not overdo it; minimal is the mode, on bass, acoustic guitar, drum machine, synths, melodica, wood block and her remarkably chill voice. Thematically these songs feel of a piece with the best material by her experimental trio F INGERS, only arranged into pop instead of creep mode eerie electronics. There’s a couple schlager style elderly tunes towards the front that don’t sit as well, but they’re a level set to keep this one at a low simmer, rather than freak out on some gauche electronics or million dollar production schemes. The best of it, like “Blue Skies” and “Gave You Up,” plays like a grown Marine Girls astral projecting into the realities of the modern era. Almost the kind of record you could set down and walk away from, and someone else would pick it up and get on its familiar yet unknowable wavelength. Cover art for once doesn’t look like something a private detective shot. Here’s Carla!

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