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- Summary: The sixth full-length solo release for the New Orleans electronic/R&B artist was produced with Ila Orbis.
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- Record Label: Merge
- Genre(s): R&B, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative R&B, Left-Field Pop
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Positive: 9 out of 12
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Mixed: 3 out of 12
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Negative: 0 out of 12
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Jun 11, 2021Second Line is an important record in that it brings deep humanity and emotion to dance and club music. It’s a deeply personal album, one that brings to mind the soulful singer-songwriter albums of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, or Syreeta Wright but marries the confessional, candid sentiment with a self-consciously synthetic soundscape of house.
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Apr 29, 2021The accompanying music speaks for itself, filling every inch of Second Line’s constructed microcosm with the metallic hue of fuzzy synthesizers, reverberating chimes, and booming bass. Richard’s voice floats through it all, shepherding newcomers with an intoxicating haze.
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May 3, 2021The beats are decadent, but so too are the liberties she takes as an independent artist beholden to nothing but her own satisfaction.
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May 5, 2021Yet another impressive and experimental addition to Dawn’s discography, Second Line proves that this prolific artist is not running out of steam or fresh ideas any time soon.
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Apr 28, 2021Second Line brings few changes, especially lyrically, but Richard largely makes up for her retreading with some of her sharpest hooks to date.
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Apr 28, 2021Subtitled ‘An Electro Revival’, Richard’s sixth album is nonetheless a sprawling affair; R&B, house and trap jostle alongside curios such as ‘Le Petit Morte (a lude)’ [sic], a break-up jam unexpectedly belted out over Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight Sonata’.
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Apr 28, 2021Richard remains a testament to boundary-pushing, genre bending and expectation-shattering art, though Second Line's tempered grandiosity ultimately leaves her ambition underserved.
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Positive: 1 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 1 out of 2
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May 3, 2021Amzing as always . Everything in this album is connected and sonically perfect
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May 4, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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