Lambrini girls,’Company culture‘
All things patriarchal, capitalistic and ambiguous are on target for the Lambreni Girls, the delightfully swaggering English punk duo Phoebe Looney and Lily Macera. “Company Culture,” a blast from their debut album on workplace harassment, “Who’s Letting the Dogs Out,” emerges instrumentally for about a minute — pounding drums, buzz-bombing bass. , asymmetrical guitar – before Linney unleashes a savagely sardonic tirade: “Human resources says I’m asking for it,” she barks. Pearls
spelled,’Portrait of my heart‘
Cristia Cabral, a California songwriter who records as Spelling, declares “I don’t belong here!” With a soaring fervor in “Portrait of My Heart,” which will be the title track of her fourth album, due out in March. She sings about a psychological and spiritual crisis – “I need a stroke of luck / ‘Cause I’ve got all my angels in the dirt” – amid a cluster of chopped drums, layered guitars and orchestral strings. Expressing happiness in the drama. Pearls
Bad girl,’Baile Unforvidable‘
Heartache and Heritage found on Bad Bunny’s new album, “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” (“I should take more pictures”). Like many of his songs, “Bel Unloadable” (“Unforgettable Dance”) veers between current and vintage sounds, highlighting the multigenerational continuity of Puerto Rican music. “Baile Inolvidable” begins as a blur of synthesizer lines and Bad Bunny vocals, lamenting a lost romance. “I thought we’d grow old together,” he sings in Spanish, and admits, “It’s my fault.” But the track turns into an old-school salsa jam, with organic percussion and horns and a jazzy piano. The lessons from the girlfriend who taught him “how to love” and “how to dance” have stayed with him. Pearls
SZA,’what should i do‘
In “What Will I Do” — from “Lana,” her album-length addition to her album “SOS” — SZA accidentally dials a call and uses her phone to hear her boyfriend’s voices with another woman. Answers. A lean, finger-tapping track backs her as she deals with trauma in short, percussive phrases: old loyalties, new anger, hurt, hatred and the palpable sense that “it’s never the same again.” It will happen.” Pearls
Cymande featuring Jazzie B,’How do we roll?‘
Cymande, a British band with Caribbean roots, whose first three albums were released in the early 1970s, is about to release a new album, “Renascence,” after decades of recycling its music as samples. “How We Roll” brings back the group’s hand-played, Afro-Anglo-Caribbean grooves and hard-headed idealism: “We must never lose our determination.” Its patient, cymbal-tapping beat and electric piano melody nod to Miles Davis’ “Quietly,” while the horn lines look to the Afrobeat of Fela Anikolapou Kuti. and deep-voiced guest raps from Soul II Soul founder Jazzie B, steeped in British R&B pedigree. Pearls