Meg Remy's fourth album is a liberating listen, that's still impossible to pin down
Half Free, the title of Meg Remy's fourth album, could easily be nonsensical, but one listen to it's politically-charged lyrics and it takes on a whole new meaning.
On opener Sororal Feelings Remy attacks a husband who has slept with her sisters through off-kilter pop hooks and lyrics that Morrissey would happily give his floral shirts for: "Now I'm going to hang myself/ hang myself from my family tree."
Damn That Valley's dancefloor-filling beats could easily take on the charts, but Remy's war widow wails ensure that she doesn't stray too far from the left-field.
If Window Shade's shimmering synths and sugar-sweet vocals had you pigeon-hole Remy, Sed Knife sees her break out of those shackles, ditching dub for rollicking rock riffs.
Remy's ability to evolve and transform with each song may be contradicting the album's oppression hinting title, but that's what makes it all the more liberating.
She might only be half free to the world, but musically Remy has no barriers.
She might only be half free to the world, but musically Remy has no barriers.
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