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Years into her solo career, Larsson is still just a disembodied voice floating over the beat. On her third album, she tries out some different sounds, but the result comes off like a Who s-Who of 2011 radio. Â
Zara Larsson makes breezy, digestible electro-pop: all shine, but no substance. She found her niche in the years after EDM crept into pop, crooning over bright, sanitized synths on her 2015 breakout track âLush Lifeâ and sighing over wobbling bass on Kygo and Clean Bandit tracks, her voice reduced to a murmur. On her third album,
Poster Girl, Larsson attempts to incorporate Dua Lipaâstyle disco, with stabs at the kind of retro gloss that filled Lady Gaga and The Weekndâs albums last year. But the record sounds more like a sun-splashed artifact from decade-old pop charts, filled with dated references and fizzy hooks, clunky metaphors and boundless optimism. Even when Larsson stays firmly in her comfort zone, she struggles to convey a
Zara Larsson - Poster Girl (Album Review)
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Zara Larsson’s third studio album is a fun, breezy listen that will surely put you in a good mood
Upon listening to the first few tracks on
Poster Girl, you can tell that Zara Larsson has departed from her ballad-style songs. With this being her third studio album, she went for a fully upbeat and lighthearted tone. Some of her most popular songs have been slower ones, and
Poster Girl is anything but. Zara Larsson has provided her listeners with an album that is full of tracks that can get anyone up and dancing around their rooms.
Thematically, the album is sound; each song has its rightful place in the tracklist. Most of the songs are based on love, relationships and feelings overall. The titles of each song, for the most part, give a clear indication of what a listener can expect.
Also debuting this week is Gabrielleâs seventh studio album
Do It Again (BMG), new at No. 4. Itâs the British soul singerâs third Top 5 and her highest-charting album in two decades, since her career retrospective
Dreams Can Come True peaked at No. 2 in 2001.
Poster Girl (Black Butter) bows at No. 12, new wave outfit Japan return to the chart with the reissue of their 1980 album
Quiet Life (BMG). It arrives at No. 13, easily eclipsing the setâs previous chart peak of No. 53.
Veteran Scottish alternative rock outfit Arab Strap bag their highest chart position with
As Days Get Dark (Quiet Action), new at No. 14; Aussie Britpop revivalists DMAâs see their