Loraine James
Reflection
Hyperdub
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2021
LP
22.99/24.99
HDBLP56
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Tracklist
1Built To Last 2:17
2Let's Go 3:41
3Simple Stuff 3:27
4Black Ting 4:17
5Insecure Behaviour And Fuckery 4:00
6Self Doubt (Leaving The Club Early)4:34
7On The Lake Outside 4:51
8Reflection 3:31
9Change 7:12
10Running Like That 4:19
11We're Building Something New 2:32

Loraine James comes with her second album for Hyperdub, made in the summer of 2020. Reflection is a turbulent expression of inner-space, laid out in unflinching honesty, that offers gentle empathy and bitter-sweet hope.

2020 was tough for Loraine; unable to tour and build on the success of For You And I, Loraine was prolific in the studio, self releasing, plus releasing the well received stepping-stone Nothing EP, which realised a unique pop sensibility she develops more here. Her 2020 listening habits - Drill and R&B seep through into Reflection too. In contrast to the brash splashes of For You And I and the grimey anger of Nothing, Reflection is pared down and confident, taking the listener through how the year felt as a young Black queer woman and her acolytes in a world that has suddenly stopped moving.