Vada Magazine

Album review: St Vincent – Masseduction

17 October, 20178 September, 2018John Preston

More than any of her current contemporaries, St Vincent straddles that space between alternative, singer-songwriter with iconoclastic visuals and that of a global, pop superstar.

Album review: Perfume Genius – No Shape

17 May, 20171 October, 2018John Preston

Any concerns that a more happy Perfume Genius would result in a less engaging and creatively restricted artist go thankfully unfounded and No Shape is as assured, odd, and oddly optimistic, as hoped.

Album review: Goldfrapp – Silver Eye

5 April, 20175 April, 2017John Preston

With Silver Eye, underrated odd couple Goldfrapp turn inwards.

Album review: Carly Rae Jepson – Emotion Side B

7 September, 20165 September, 2016John Preston

Carly Rae Jepson may predate the music industry’s need for B-sides but she more than understands the obsessive nature of pop music and the new and uncompromising direction her own star is taking.

Album review: Britney Spears – Glory

29 August, 201630 August, 2016John Preston

Glory may be guilty of trying on one too many styles and personas in order to find something that sticks, but it also contains some of the Britney’s most idiosyncratic and appealing work for years.