Several months after more eaze released the intimate art-pop album sentence structure in the country, the artist issued a related but much different effort, valley and structure. The album is based on live performances, and it focuses on repetition and harmonization, with the artist remarking that she’s been fascinated with ostinato since childhood. It might be easy to label this her post-minimalist album, but some of her pop influences are still present.
While the album as a whole isn’t more eaze’s most lyrical work, “i’m in the structure” is essentially an alternate version of the previous record’s “the producer,” replacing the original’s intimacy and ticking drum machine with shadowy reverb burying the vocals, distorted drum…
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Following no floor, a remarkable instrumental collaboration with claire rousay that focused on pastoral electro-acoustic soundscapes, more eaze remained with Thrill Jockey for her vocal-based solo effort sentence structure in the country. The album’s lyrics, often delivered through Auto-Tune but occasionally left unaltered, explore intimate moments and frustrating situations, reflecting on jealousy, apathy, and the difficulties of trying to succeed as a musician.
Fragile vocals and bubbling, twinkling synthesizers adorn the patient opener “leave (again),” while ambient pop gem “bad friend” is propelled by a gently blipping pulse and softly crying steel guitar. Another of the record’s more accessible tunes, “the producer,” also contains…
