(Fire Records)
Having earned a cult audience for her psychedelia, Weaver makes her version of a pop record, where Kylie-level hooks are set against hallucinatory backings
Jane Weaver’s 11th album arrives heralded by the artist’s assurance that it’s the record she “always wanted to make”. It’s the kind of thing that musicians are wont to say on the promotional cycle, but it feels a little strange coming from Weaver. Her career has encompassed a variety of musical styles – grunge, folk, psychedelia and electronica among them – but she’s never given the impression of being an artist hidebound by convention or commercial considerations, or anything else that might conceivably prevent you from doing what you want to do.
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