Flock

AlbumMar 05 / 202110 songs, 44m 28s
Psychedelic Pop Art Pop Indietronica
Popular Highly Rated

'Flock’ is the record that Jane Weaver always wanted to make, the most genuine version of herself, complete with unpretentious Day-Glo pop sensibilities, wit, kindness, humour and glamour. A consciously positive vision for negative times, a brooding and ethereal creation. The album features an untested new fusion of seemingly unrelated compounds fused into an eco-friendly hum; pop music for post-new-normal times. Created from elements that should never date, its pop music reinvented. Still prevalent are the cosmic sounds, but ‘Flock’ is a natural rebellion to the recent releases which sees her decidedly move away from conceptual roots in favour of writing pop music. Produced on a complicated diet of bygone Lebanese torch songs, 1980's Russian Aerobics records and Australian Punk. Amongst this broadcast of glistening sounds is ‘The Revolution Of Super Visions’, an untelevised Mothership connection, with Prince floating by as he plays scratchy guitar; it also features a funky whack-a-mole bass line and synth worms. It underlines the discordant pop vibe that permeates ‘Flock’ and concludes on ‘Solarised’, a super-catchy, totally infectious apocalypse, a radio-friendly groove for last dance lovers clinging together in an effort to save themselves before the end of the night. The musician’s exposure to an abundance of lost records served as a reminder that you still feel like an outsider in this world and that by overcoming fears you can achieve artistic freedom. Jane Weaver continues to metamorphosise…

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8 / 10

The high priestess of eccentric exploration Jane Weaver goes pop with superlative results on Flock

Throughout the second half of the 2010s, Jane Weaver hit her musical stride, releasing two albums that combined shimmering synths, alternately propulsive and languid tempos, and Weaver's trilling vocals into something magical.

8.0 / 10

The chameleonic progression of Jane Weaver as an artist of considerable merit has been one of the most joyous facets in music's recent history.

8 / 10

Jane Weaver’s ascent into the Actual Top 40 Album Charts is richly deserved. Her long, storied career involves everything from appearing in Badly

8 / 10

Melodically focused and packed with intrigue, this is a psych-pop tour de force from Jane Weaver, an artist who constantly moves forward

10 / 10

The press materials that accompany Jane Weaver’s new album say the following: “Flock is a natural rebellion to the recent releases which sees her...

Having earned a cult audience for her psychedelia, Weaver makes her version of a pop record, where Kylie-level hooks are set against hallucinatory backings

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Album Reviews: Jane Weaver - Flock

The Liverpool singer and late bloomer delivers a glossy progressive pop gem

New Music album review by Kieron Tyler

9 / 10