Solar Power (★★★☆☆) is as close to an album made up of pure vibes as she gets.Her preoccupation with the environment and back-to-nature ethos, right down to the earth-friendly “music box” she is releasing in lieu of a CD, is borne out in the album’s warm, analog sound and repeated references to natural forces and the rhythms of the earth and the sun.This version of Lorde, preoccupied with the sun, the ocean, and cleansing crystals, is hardly the same artist we met on 2017’s Melodrama.
Rather than baring her soul and bringing us along with her to ecstatic highs and grief-stricken lows, Lorde is just vibing on the beach, and the good news is that we’re all invited.Along with her newly apparent sense of wonder for the world around her, Lorde.
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