a profoundly beautiful record that remains intense throughout its brief, thirty-three-minute running time...Too Bright is one of the most encouraging albums of the moment, in its delivery of exuberant sounds by a spiky, unbiddable performer. It is outside most conceptions of pop, whether gay or straight; emotional heaviness isn’t an easy sell, no matter who you are. Hadreas is developing not by becoming easier to like but by becoming more fully himself. If it’s hard to take, the warning is right there in the title.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:10:59 +0000