Recommended Album: Hannah Diamond – ‘Perfect Picture’

Hannah Diamond saw the future of pop music and has seemingly been on a continuous pursuit to refine it of any flaw ever since emerging onto the scene a decade ago, oft working at a meticulous yet prolific rate in releasing at the very least new singles glimpses of herself on an annual basis. Thus, it has been a long buildup leading up to her second studio album, Perfect Picture, but it’s here where her vision is at its clearest. All the more fascinating, however, is the realization that the English songwriter, visual artist, and PC Music original is at her best when she accepts resolutions out of focus as she dissects what it is to place a metaphorical ring light against our own skin, that of our relationships with one another, and society expectations, only to arrive at a full rejection of the reflection in the mirror of anything placed beneath a poreless filter. Still, Diamond’s pop container for her think bubbles, constructed here in collaboration with keyboardist David Gamson, remain a near-pixel-perfect rendering complimentary to her self-affirmations with its synergy of immaculately plasticine ’80s synth-pop, chorus-rich 2000s-era Euro pop, and the high frequencies of modern hyperpop. The outer coating of gloss is perhaps made all the more shinier thanks to its glitches and pitch-shifting production. In embracing the art of imperfection, Hannah Diamond’s music glows with its brightest substance.

Highlights: “Affirmations”, “Poster Girl” “Lip Sync”

Hannah Diamond’s Perfect Picture is available now on PC Music.

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