& the Charm
Avalon Emerson
Anyone who’s liked Avalon Emerson’s club music should find the sparkling indie pop of *& the Charm* appealing. The beats are light, the feel is dreamy, and her writing and vocal performance capture the conversational directness that makes great indie pop so casually disarming (“Tell me I got more time/When all my friends are having daughters/Beautiful just like them, of course,” she sings on “Sandrail Silhouette”). But the album’s deeper strength is her ability to explore airy moods through music planted firmly on the ground, whether it’s the midtempo disco of “Astrology Poisoning” or the jazzy swirl of “A Dam Will Always Divide.” Sweet, oxygenating, and genuine.
The techno DJ and leftfield beatmaker pivots to Balearic dream pop on her debut album. The tone is disarming and sweet, using nostalgia as a foil for spiritual fatigue.
On her debut album, the producer and DJ allows her full musical range to blossom and reveal itself
Avalon Emerson’s musical identity was forged on the dancefloor, but her outlook has never been limited to the confines of the club. The San Francisco