Una Rosa
by Xenia Rubinos
  • Record Label: Anti-
  • Release Date: Oct 15, 2021
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81

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Exclaim
    Oct 20, 2021
    60
    Rubinos's major folly on Una Rosa seems to be her desire to push her craft forward and to challenge herself. And while that may be the main ingredient for truly groundbreaking music, she forgot to draw up a blueprint beforehand.

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  1. All_ButTrU4
    Oct 25, 2021
    7
    My first listen felt like stepping onto a new planet. Exciting, foreign and fresh. They are so inventive with how they use their voice coupledMy first listen felt like stepping onto a new planet. Exciting, foreign and fresh. They are so inventive with how they use their voice coupled with the arca influenced Yeezus production keeps you on your feet. Navigating familiar protest themes with a new lense despite interpolating a bob Marley classic. "Who Shot Ya" and the heartfelt "worst behaviour ". Her anger with systemic failings is unbridled yet direct. In a earmark lyric in which she challenges the perception of non English speakers or multi lingual indigenous people as uneducated when the white standard can barely grasp one to the indifference to black death by a society entrenched in racist politics. Switching fluently from English and Spanish makes the record feel personal,an intended consequence of the records origin,and conversational. In the highlight "Did My Best" we are transported right into the middle of it. A poignant portrait of experiencing a loss is given time to unfurl in it's 4 minutes ,taking the non traditional imogen heap "hide&seek" route. The music video feels essential in expressing what the song already does so well alone. The imagery of a new years party,the crowded loneliness and apathy the close camera evokes. It's one of the many moving human moments on a record meant to sound interstellar and robotic. A great soon to be cult classic from a visionary artist just beginning to test her powers.… Full Review »