Sling
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Clairo
Sling
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Release Date: Friday 27 March 2020
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Sling is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Clairo. It was released on July 16, 2021, through Fader and Republic. It serves as the follow-up to her debut album, Immunity. The album was announced on June 11, 2021, alongside the release of the lead single, "Blouse".
After its release, Sling received widespread critical acclaim by music critics, praising a noticeable expansion in Cottrill's vocals, and the maturity of her songwriting. The album was a commercial success, debuting at number 17 on the US Billboard 200, making it her first top 20 album.
The Massachusetts singer-songwriter Clairo, real name Claire Cottrill, started out in the lo-fi world of bedroom pop. Her acclaimed debut, 2019's Immunity, had its roots in those soft, fuzzy origins, but it also built on them, flitting flitted between earnest piano pop and nods to gleaming R&B complete with a dash of Auto-Tune. On this second record she aims more for the school of Elliott Smith and Sufjan Stevens, along with a smattering of Wings-style 70s sparkle.
Clairo: 'This industry drains young women until they're not youthful any more'
Which is to say, the 22-year-old's sound is intimate but never austere, her candid lyrics blanketed in clouds of vocal harmonies, with gently lavish guitar, piano, brass, woodwind, strings and Mellotron skittering and soaring throughout. Between Clairo's arrangements and those of her co-producer, Jack Antonoff (best known for his work with Lorde, whose backing vocals appear on Blouse), the robust polish on display here is perhaps to be expected. Ruminating on everything from love, abusive men and her new dog, Joanie - even on an impressive instrumental number named after said canine - Sling is a generous, cinematic delight.
- Tara Joshi, The Guardian
Tracks:
1 Bambi
2 Amoeba
3 Partridge
4 Zinnias
5 Blouse
6 Wade
7 Harbor
8 Just For Today
9 Joanie
10 Reaper
11 Little Changes
12 Management
