Tom Odell – monsters (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Tom Odell – monsters (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 43:22 minutes | 463 MB | Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia

Since the release of his 2013 debut album ‘Long Way Down’ Chichester singer-songwriter Tom Odell has made a name for himself in releasing pleasantly uneventful indie-pop love songs. Whipping up stirring emotion through a series of piano-pounds and fist-clenching choruses – and the snarl of his powerful vocal – Odell ranked among a series of male pop artists who seem engineered for commercial success, but tread little new ground with their galumphing heartbreak ballads. Eight years and three Odell albums later, the direction of the most exciting pop has shifted towards genre-slippy, sample-heavy music – mainstream pop records now take on a more experimental structure, often punctuated by conceptual interludes and hip-hop inspired production. And armed with a white vest top and a Moog synth, fourth album ‘Monsters’ is Tom Odell’s attempt at getting involved and shaking things up.

Led by an ominous refrain (“you’re just a monster,” he insists on ‘Monster v.2’, “just a monster and I’m not scared”) ‘Monsters’ is both darker and rawer than anything Odell has done before – often, he delves into the anxiety and strangeness of being in the public eye, and the expectation that an artist dish out their own personal pain to shift records: “I tell my secrets, to stay employed,” he admits on ‘Money’, “they pull the string back and I make a noise.” The frantic murmuring of interlude ‘Problem’ pulls from emo rap, voiced by insistent denial: “I haven’t got a drinking problem” a muffled, helium-vocal insists. It’s intriguing to hear the veneer pulled back.

Tracklist:
01. Tom Odell – numb (02:33)
02. Tom Odell – over you yet (03:38)
03. Tom Odell – noise (01:38)
04. Tom Odell – money (02:56)
05. Tom Odell – tears that never dry (03:24)
06. Tom Odell – monster v.2 (02:19)
07. Tom Odell – lockdown (01:56)
08. Tom Odell – lose you again (03:07)
09. Tom Odell – fighting fire with fire (02:39)
10. Tom Odell – problems (00:39)
11. Tom Odell – me and my friends (02:33)
12. Tom Odell – country star (01:36)
13. Tom Odell – by this time tomorrow (02:45)
14. Tom Odell – streets of heaven (03:00)
15. Tom Odell – don’t be afraid of the dark (06:07)
16. Tom Odell – monster v.1 (02:25)

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