WOW

The charm of Russian electro-pop artist Kate NV’s fourth album is its ability to be both baby-toy cute and violently weird. There’s an absence of the relatively conventional songwriting she exercised on 2020’s *Room for the Moon* here. Instead, tiny explosions of sound—bright and tactile—turn the synthetic into the organic through sheer force of play, whether it’s the bloblike bass parading through “Nochoi Zvonok (Night Call)” or the clang of bells and bubbles on “mi (We)” conjuring a fledgling creature on a solo flight. *Wow* is what your imaginary friends listen to while you’re busy being real.

Kate NV’s WOW offers listeners a prismatic shift in perspective and scale, a parallel dimension in which the mundane becomes funny, unfamiliar, and altogether sensational. Turning the contents of her 2020 album Room for the Moon upside down and spilling it across a floor checkered with intrigue and surprise, Kate places sound, object, and ritual under the microscope to magnify the delight hidden in plain sight of everyday life. Learn more at www.rvng.com

The Russian electronic musician’s latest album turns pointillist quirks into erratic maximalism—call it pop music for people who enjoy both Karlheinz Stockhausen and Lisa Frank.

On her finest work yet, WOW is a glowing return from Kate NV, with a cavalcade of bright sounds arranged into gems of pure, often brilliantly silly fun.

The Russian polymath follows her curious sensibilities in pursuit of joy on colorful fourth studio LP.

Kate NV's latest album blurs the line between intentional and incidental noise to celebrate the sonic richness of everyday life and the ability of sound to trigger memories.

Kate NV – WOW: A bright record of gleeful fun from the Russian electronic master, which makes dancing to architecture sound like a good idea

Kate NV’s ‘Wow’ evokes a childlike wonder, where the difference between terms such as “music” and “noise” becomes almost meaningless.