Album Review: Aurora Goes Bjork In A Different Kind of Human
Upon listen, A Different Kind of Human (ADKOH) feels like a fall into the rabbit hole of your soul. Imagine your mind had a literal door, and, if you opened it, a world both separated but controlled by your spirit would be discovered. Aurora has opened the door in ADKOH.
“Animal,” “Hunger,” and “Mothership” have Aurora singing like she is the second coming of Bjork. Sonically, the album warps and blurs synths as if Aurora spent days trying to record the buzzing and fuzzing of electricity. .There is an undercurrent of static in tracks like, “Daydreamer” and “in Bottles” where rhythms sound like they captured from Planet Earth episodes. To change a song is to flick a new episode based on creatures in the desert or night-sky. Yet, the keyword in that sentence is “creatures,” and how Aurora makes human beings feel mythical
From “The River” to “The Seed,” Aurora builds a sonic world similar to Pan’s Labyrinth, and her voice is a book opened and detailing what seen sees for humanity/ herself. For Aurora, there is no distinction between what she dreams for herself and thus the world because to build a dream is to build a world. In a way, she is right. I have always said every person is a world, and, in this record, every person a bunch of worlds. Every chance Aurora has to love and be love sparks a new planet of goals, desires, visions, and insecurities. Thus, her verses feel story-boarded through sound.
Vocally, Aurora’s voice is sweet and clear. She syrups lyrics with wonder, and they drip through her verses like snow through cracks. The result is a record that feels magical, and makes you want to press play every time you reenact your fantasy scene. To buy Aurora’s A Different Kind of Human Click Here
