Grace Ives Goes for the Fences
Plus: everyone's favorite Argentine pop-tricksters, an album that's like minimal techno for orchestra, and more.
Welcome to the latest installment of Five Albums, the weekly feature for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we discuss a handful of new records catching our attention. As music journalists, the question we get most often from friends is how to stay on top of what’s happening now. This is our attempt to provide a practical answer.
Our picks this week all seem to be wrestling with themselves and/or their identities; they are inquisitive, self-effacing, blustery, and inner-critical, whether a would-be computer-scientist seeking a path with a guitar strapped to her back, or a sculptor-like composer searching for humanity in an orchestra... let us take you on this journey!
