Pop is everywhere for those who want to listen. For example, it is on the conservatory strings of a violin, a viola, or a cello; It is clearly on a drum machine, and more and more often in bright ambient bathrooms. On their third, and most recent, LP Astrid Sun does precisely this. “Great Doubt” se takes a few steps away from the more experimental electronic music to which we were accustomed and transforms into a new specimen of pop star.
In nine cuts he continues to create multidimensional spaces based on careful work on instrumentation, but this time giving them a form closer to a pop song than to sound vapors in which to immerse oneself. Even so, its strength is the contrast and response it gives between the different strings of the album. But for the first time his lyrics are a common thread. Only when opening the disk do we find “Do you wanna”which follows a formula of hypnotic repetition, to end up confirming this pop facet in the next song “Give My All”close to a Tirzah song could even vaguely remind us of “Universe” by Blur.
It generally proposes light songs where quality takes precedence over the quantity of tracks, as in “Almost” o “Staying There”a topic in which, as in “Light And Heavy” A tinkling flute appears and seems to guide us to its own world of Hamelin. Even so, there is also room for more involving and moody songs that may remind us of his early work. Songs that seem like proposals from long ambient sessions like “Boost” o “Everything Is Unreal”, where his spoken word becomes another texture; and in its brightest version, “Overture”. The album closes with “Say You Love Me”. A song where all the virtues of the album are condensed in just four minutes. From the timbre measured to the millimeter of the cello, to his melodic work of the voice to repeat what so many love songs want.