s first official full-length record is a victory lap touching on all the styles shes ushered in and subsequently watched folded into the zeitgeist, from hyperpop to *deconstructed club music* (insert meme). The albums been out digitally for 6 months already, and thankfully, Sophie & the crews petty aversion to physical formats is cast aside to mark the occasion of this huge record with a deluxe vinyl edition. Opener Its Okay To Cry showcases Sophies unwavering commitment to pop perfection before moving into moreopaque territory with the junkyard dubstep of Ponyboy and Faceshopping. Her influences are on full display, albeit a bit warped and dissolved like theyre appearing in a perverse dream; Infatuation resembles s timestretched reveries, and Is It Cold In The Water sounds like riding the Mentasm riddim. The disorienting drone of Pretending feels like youre on promethazine in one of the flying car scenes from , and this recurring dystopic hypercolor is the thread that runs through the duration of Oil Of Every Pearls Un-Insides, like the soundtrack for a film adaptation of one ofPKDs craziest joints. For the epic climax, Sophie conjures -era futurepop bliss on the kaleidoscopic Immaterial, which objectively goes hard AF, even for someone who's typically skeptical of this type of stuff. The sleeve vaguely credits appearances byNoonie Bao, Cecile Believe, Banoffee and Industry Plant, but as youd expect from an artist as elusive as Sophie, its impossible to tell at any given time if it's Sophie singing, or one of the aforementioned guests, or if theyre even real people at all.
- 'pearl sunrise' colored vinyl
- indie exclusive
- gatefold sleeve
- limited edition
- original release year: 2018
- music label:Future Classic 2025
