Dazed_ALX

Agreed! A banger straight out of 2014 is all the world need right now! And it would fit the vibe she's going for sonically speaking!

Just finished my first listen and I can't help but feeling kind of underwhelmed... It's been previously said but most songs just feel empty. I miss when Pop songs had vocal layers, different basses or instruments doing call and response to each other! Worst part is that she sold us this album as psychedelic meets pop with heavy Tame Impala influences that I'm still trying to find besides some arpeggiated stuff here and there... None of the songs are bad, far from it actually, but none of the tracks feel quite finished besides Houdini, Falling Forever and maybe Happy For You. Future Nostalgia is a really tough album to follow, and some of the songs she released afterwards had me believe she knew exactly where she wanted to go next (Fever, We're Good...) but Radical Optimism just feels like she was torn between taking a risk musically and staying true to what made her successful in the first place.