Album:Magdalene Artist:FKA Twigs Label:Young Turks Genre:AlternativeWe have much time for anyone who declares X-Ray Spex’s 1978 album Germfree Adolescents to be their all-time favourite. No matter that FKA Twigs’s music – a beguiling hybrid of electronica, trip-hop, experimental and R&B – shows little resemblance: approach and attitude go a long way. Arriving five years after her lauded debut, LP1, Magdalene positions the one-time backing dancer as having been put through an emotional wringer. FKA Twigs - Home with YouMore concrete evidence, however, is that the tenor of the songs also allude to invasive surgery she underwent almost two years ago. The remainder of the album has equal focus, constituting a rebirth of sorts for this most unpredictable of artists.

Source: The Irish Times November 08, 2019 06:00 UTC