On Jeremy Zucker and Chelsea Cutler’s third collaborative project, they expand their ambitious scope, building out the collection as a full-length album as opposed to the EP lengths of the first two iterations. The meeting between these two solo artists is one of the most impressive connections in pop and folk music. On *brent iii*, their chemistry is on full display, again turning in an album of rich instrumental arrangements and harmonies. Take “i miss you,” an acoustic lament that looks back longingly on the good old days of a relationship. The duo worry that they’ve become faces in the crowd, diminished from their once proud place as loving partners to the subject of the song. They sing: “’Cause I miss you/Is this exactly what you thought we\'d become?/Do you see me how you see everyone?/’Cause I need you.” Few make heartbreak sound as sweet as Jeremy Zucker and Chelsea Cutler.
Carlita describes her debut album as a reflection of her inner world. As the Turkish Italian producer imbues her work with sounds sourced from her broad musical tastes and worldly travels, *Sentimental* is similarly sprawling in its intimate exploration of love, heartbreak, and the emotions in between. The euphoria beaming from the piano house of “Planet Blue” and “Forever Baby” is juxtaposed by the driving melody and longing of “Wait for You,” while the melancholy “Falling” is subdued with its gentle guitar riffs. More personal moments emerge on the richly textured “Trouble Symphony,” which features Carlita’s mentor DJ Tennis, and sleek disco number “The Moment,” the final iteration of the first track she ever produced, back in 2015. But *Sentimental*’s heart lies in its penultimate song, “Time,” which she wrote during a rough period in her life. Warm and introspective, it imparts a feeling of hope and healing: “All comes back to me/All that I ever need/Just a little time.”
