Short AND Sweet

I’m really tired of Espresso (which i actually really don’t mind as a track). What i don’t care for, is Please Please Please at all.. which is also significantly overplayed. So forgive me if i went into Sabrina’s latest with a bit of trepidation.

And then she hits you with Taste!? The third single, hoo boy that’s a fun little track. Reminds me a lot of Sasha Sloan. Lyrics clever, fun beat, a great opener to what this ‘short n sweet’ little album delivers. I love these albums which are 30min and know EXACTLY what they want to say. No more just, throwing stuff against the wall and seeing (hoping) what sticks.

Now, me saying this album knows EXACTLY what it wants to say .. is a bit overkill. It’s all over the place and I’ll get into that, but I do think there’s a cohesive thread to it all.

I love Good Graces. It’s got this 90, destiny’s child, jojo-esque vibe and it’s kinda fun to see an empowerment, you gotta make yourself worth my time, as an juxtaposition immediately after please please please. Sharpest tool reminds me of Sasha again, and maybe some Lizzy McAlpine with such a simple driving beat. Confidence just SCREAMS Joni to me – with a bridge that allows her to take things her own way.. Bed Chem reminds me so much of The Night Game, and this great 80s vibe .. Dumb & Poetic is back to Lizzy… Slim Pickins is not really my jam, but love the words and interplay of Juno which is a delightful throwback to a movie I bet half of her audience won’t even get/appreciate.

Man, about halfway through this album I was like, did Julia Michaels write ALL of these lyrics? The answer, dear reader, is she wrote a lot ha. Called that one. It’s just a fun, smart, fantastic sounding album. I’m not going to lie, this album is beating Ari’s new one for pop album of the year for me, which I also really did enjoy. Good on you, Sabrina. Keep this coming. Big fan.