Album Review: Sigrid – There’s Always More That I Could Say
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Norway’s very own Sigrid always has a knack for turning vulnerability into power —mixing earnest honesty and pop precision, resulting in hits like Strangers” and Don’t Kill My Vibe. There’s Always More That I Could Say, released October via Island Records, is her third studio album, and it looks to capture an artist doing some critical reflection on her twenties. Written between Oslo and London, the album took shape after some time off, where the singer learned “how to enjoy stillness again.” It’s an album that aims to say too much, not enough, and look into the beauty of figuring yourself out. Let’s dive right in.
Starting with the fantastically up-tempo I’ll Always Be Your Girl which lyrically covers the topic of all the things the person you love with annoys you and how that can be… frustrating, and moves to Jellyfish a more downtempo, ‘us against the world’ pop track, which screams ‘Montauk summertime coffee shops’ vibes and I’m not against it. Do It Again next – which I think is about a casual relationship set to quite punchy, angry-ish pop beat, with the equally punchy 2000’s retro-ish Kiss the Sky, and then Two Years – which has a very 1980’s pre-SAW (Stock Aitken Waterman) feel to it.
Kicking of the second half of the album, Hush Baby, Hurry Slowly which is the best dance-pop track on the album by far – check it out. Fort Knox follows… another good angry track about internal anger at wasting your time with the wrong person, and then we have the title track and the ballad/slowed down track of the album, There’s Always More That I Could Say, which is a well-placed, well written remorse-filled track. Tinges of Americana in penultimate track Have You Heard This Song Before – probably my favourite track on the album, and we round off the offering with Eternal Sunshine which would be my other nomination for best track – with a beat straight out of Fleetwood Mac’s Looking Out For Love, and definitely a smidge of The War on Drugs about it, about getting over someone.
Ok, so I am torn – There’s Always More That I Could Say is a fantastic pop offering… a mature, grown up pop album, with real lyrical depth, well produced, well sung and just well executed. It is not my kind of music – let that be clear… but it’s the closest I will get to adding a whole pop album to my listening catalogue – IMO not one truly bad track is on offer – yes there are some that quickly disappear from the memory banks, but there are also tracks (the last two tracks plus I’ll Always Be Your Girl, specifically) which have been added to my favourites. If you’re into pop in a big way, this is a must! Well Done Norway… the best thing I’ve heard from your shores since A-ha’s The Sun Always Shines on TV.
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