User ratings in Music are temporarily disabled. More info
![Sugar & Spice [EP] Image](https://static.metacritic.com/images/products/music/6/7ead4a57b5dda7211024259b01be2fd6-98.jpg)
- Summary: The five-track EP from the Australian dream pop artist Harriette Pilbeam was produced by John Castle.
Buy Now
| Buy on |
|
- Record Label: Double Double Whammy
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 4 out of 4
-
Mixed: 0 out of 4
-
Negative: 0 out of 4
-
Jun 14, 2018Sugar & Spice cements her as the modern day successor to dream pop titans Cocteau Twins from the get-go.
-
Jun 14, 2018You can tick off a number of dream-pop heavyweights as influences here: Lush and Cocteau Twins, whose Robin Guthrie remixed "Sure," immediately come to mind. But Pillbeam makes the sound her own, putting heavy emphasis on the pop side of things via a brilliant synth sheen. Yet it's her ability to wring emotional drama out of rote subject matter that makes these songs so special.
-
Jun 14, 2018When it comes to writing breathless love songs with hooks that rival those of alt-pop idols like Carly Rae Jepsen and Sky Ferreira--both of whom she’s cited as influence--Pilbeam is a prodigy. ... But Pilbeam sounds more distinctive when she’s leaning into bluntness than when she’s reaching for the rarefied heights of poetry.
-
Jun 14, 2018Throughout, Sugar & Spice shimmers with the glitz of Brisvegas and the energy of an artist who refuses to be defined.
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 0 out of
-
Mixed: 0 out of
-
Negative: 0 out of