Sling Clairo

• 1 Bambi 04:37
• 2 Amoeba 03:48
• 3 Partridge 03:13
• 4 Zinnias 02:54
• 5 Blouse 03:14
• 6 Wade 04:46
• 7 Harbor 04:24
• 8 Just For Today 03:37
• 9 Joanie 04:45
• 10 Reaper 02:39
• 11 Little Changes 02:39
• 12 Management 03:48
• Total Runtime 44:24

Info for Sling

‘What do I need to mend in my life before I even think about having a kid, so I don’t project my issues onto them?’” Diese Frage leitete den Entstehungsprozess von Clairos neuem Album “Sling“. Zurück in ihrem Elternhaus eröffneten sich der Singer-Songwriterin viele tiefgründige Fragen über Selbstwert, Familie und Prioritäten, die sie in ihren neuen Songs verarbeitet. Ausgelöst wurden diese Fragen dadurch, dass sie ihren Hund Joanie bei sich aufnahm und ihren Alltag anpasste, um ihrem Haustier das beste Leben zu ermöglichen – und wenn sie das für ihren Hund tat, warum dann nicht auch für sich selbst?

Co-produziert von Golden Globe/Grammy Award-Gewinner Jack Antonoff besticht jeder Song mit einer unüberhörbaren Liebe zum Detail: Die opultenen Streicher-Arrangements, verträumten Texturen von coolen Synths und Harmonien über Harmonien, verleihen Songs einen wunderbar vollen Sound. Obwohl es dem Album nicht an Musikerpower mangelt – zum Beispiel singt Lorde die Background-Vocals auf mehreren Tracks – haben Clairo und Antonoff fast alle Instrumente selber aufgenommen.

Das Album folgt Clairos Debütalbum “Immunity“, das auf unzählige „best-of-the-year”-Listen schaffte. Bereits ihre erste Album-Single “Blouse“ zeigte, dass Sling dem neuen Album in nichts nachsteht.

"Nach ihrem Karriere-Blitzstart wurde Claire Cottrill alias Clairo, die unter Depressionen leidet, bald alles zu viel. Sie überlegte sogar, mit dem Musikmachen aufzuhören. Doch die 22jährige US-Amerikanerin überwand die Krise und bringt nun ihr zweites Album heraus, auf dem sie ihren Indie-Pop mit opulenten Arrangements aufpolstert. Nicht immer passt der polierte Sound allerdings zu ihren intimen Songs." (Nadine Lange, Tagesspiegel)

Clairo

Clairo
Associated with soft, intimate vocals, daydreamy atmosphere, and rumination, Clairo is lo-fi singer/songwriter Claire Cottrill. Alternating keyboards and guitars as accompaniment, and often coloring her recordings with samples and sound effects, the Boston native began sharing dozens of her styled but low-key, melody-driven tunes to music-sharing sites as a young teen in 2013. She eventually had a minor viral hit with 2017's "Pretty Girl," and a bigger one with "Flaming Hot Cheetos," whose video garnered millions of views in 2018.

After releasing dozens of accumulated home recordings in 2013, the Clairo EP do u wanna fall in love? arrived in 2014. It was followed by more EPs in 2015, including have a nice day, late show, AQUARIUS BOY, and moth girl. In May of that year, she released the full-length metal heart, a collection fo spare acoustic recordings with notable tape hiss. Meanwhile, she became active on YouTube with posts that included acoustic guitar covers of songs by the Cure, Frankie Cosmos, and (Sandy) Alex G, among others. The year 2016 brought the creased laundry EP and the six-track brains a bus station, which introduced new equipment including electric guitar, various keyboard voices, and drum samples. In July of that year, she also released a split EP with established English lo-fi musician Keel Her as Claire Cottrill.

In December of 2016, the song "How Was Your Day?," a collaboration with Mellow Fellow, presented a richer indie pop sound with extended chords and a full arrangement of guitar, keyboards, drums, and vocal harmonies. Further establishing herself as a proponent of dreamy reflection, in 2017 she was featured on no less than three atmospheric indie electronic pop singles: "Girl" by Brennan Henderson, "You Might Be Sleeping" by Jakob Ogawa, and "Froyo" by Hans. Also that year, her like-minded song "Pretty Girl" was featured on the Father/Daughter Records cassette compilation The Le Sigh, Vol. 3, and she had a second viral hit with the spare keyboard ballad "Flaming Hot Cheetos." Both songs received a commercial release by FADER Label in mid-2017. An official video for "Cheetos" followed in March 2018 and was covered by such media outlets as Pitchfork, NPR, and Billboard. Still in her late teens, she followed it a month later with a funky, more fully produced single, "4EVER," which saw her collaborating in the studio with Ashwin Torke, Deaton Chris Anthony, and Burns Twins. In August of 2019, she issued her full-length debut, Immunity, which included the single "Bags."

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