Carrier is a disarming reminder of the therapeutic power music can hold.
“Born to Die” is intended to be a maddening, contradictory, and gorgeous riddle.
The collusion of punk-rock tempos with unusual chords, twisted instrumentation, and technical acumen is consistently impressive.
Seems to me that Hunky Dory is the last time Bowie was hanging back and outside of his “generation.”
Logan Kroeber’s drums don’t just provide the backbone to the album, they’re the central nervous system.