Album Review: Rosie Lowe Is Accountable for “Yu”
The hardest part of a relationship is not communication; it’s accountability. Part of why we struggle to be clear with our partner or fully understand their wants and needs is because we are also deciphering faults. When are we the ones that are wrong, and when is it our partner that is not measuring up? In Rosie Lowe’s Yu, the Pop R&B songstress strolls through the struggle of this question.
From “Lifeline” to “Apologise,” there is an undercurrent of jazz to Lowe’s music. It is as if you could see the pianist, in a lonely bar, backing Lowe as she picks up the mic and freestyles through feelings. Of course, this album is orchestrated and mixed, but its ability to make you imagine the mutual spontaneity of loneliness, lust, and love is uncanny. It is unfortunate that, even in a relationship or amongst a sea of friends, you can still feel invisible and like you need “more.” Tracks like, “Pharoah,” “Body/Blood,” and “The Way” have Lowe fighting to be present and seen, which is why she can go from a ballad to a funkadelic, dance track.
The brilliance of Lowe’s YU is that she allows her rhythms to be emotional, which is why the album can feel all over the place in genre. Its pop R&B feel comes from the supple, soft nature of Lowe’s voice. Like many Pop R&B songstresses, Lowe uses straighter tones and few key changes to assert there is a strolling quality to her vocals. She wants you to feel like her voice is walking through the spanning arrangements of her record, of which she can go from the sultrily soothing “ITILY” to the eclectically electro, “Royalty.” Yet, no rhythm overshadows her message of accountability.Rosie Lowe – Birdsong
For Rosie Lowe, love is like a giant “Truth or Dare,” and you have to, consistently, step up to both. It is an intriguing perspective on “accountability,” and figuring out how you settle in love rather than for it. For More Information On Rosie Lowe And To Buy You Click Here.
