A joyless album where wacky intonation obscures some potentially appealing harmonies.
A key fallout of the Lana Del Rey echo chamber of hype was the revelation that so many music critics let their fascination with A&R process amplify anticipation for an album to fever pitch. As the noise rose, so did the low-level snooping – and the questions became so loud that reviewers barely even required a copy of the album.
Alex Winston’s King Con is so flimsily constructed and devoid of imagination that a reaction can only follow as such. The intonation is purposely wacky, and it’s about drifters – "People you don’t really write songs about," according to Detroit-born Winston herself. But instead of offering allure alongside its social commentary, it just sounds desperate to be alternative. Quite how this became a marketable crux evades common logic.
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