Daddy’s Home
A warm, sleazy trip through 1970s New York psych-soul and funk. Dusty sitars, slinky basslines, and intimate stories of family, fame, and survival.
A warm, sleazy trip through 1970s New York psych-soul and funk. Dusty sitars, slinky basslines, and intimate stories of family, fame, and survival.
Retro-soul departure
Warm, gritty basslines and dusty sitars drag you straight into a smoky, 1970s New York basement. These sleazy, psych-soul grooves frame quiet, bruised stories about family survival and the hangover of fame.
Nostalgic saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.
Critics warmly embraced the album's rich, 1970s-inspired production and its deeply personal songwriting, which trades her past angularity for a softer, more fluid musical flow. While some reviewers occasionally missed the fiery guitar work of her earlier releases or noted minor missteps, most admired this intimate exploration of family and identity as a beautifully crafted and thoughtful evolution.
“Channelling 70s New York funk and her father’s release from prison, the ever brilliant Annie Clark loosens up on her engagingly soulful sixth album”Read review
“True to both character and the album’s palette it may be, but it’s far from her strongest statement and fails to carry a set of songs that all too often need a push in the right direction”Read review
“Annie Clark examines her relationship with her father on a retro-minded LP”Read review
“Annie Clark’s ‘70s-inspired songs are masterful, but lack cohesion outside the album’s detached, irrelevant concept”Read review
“Annie Clark brings the glammy sounds of the ’70s to an album about mothers and daughters, fathers and prison. It’s an audacious and deeply personal record occasionally beset by clunky choices”Read review
“It’s a record about growing up, and playing it straight; a more open, rounded experience than we’ve come to expect from St. Vincent, it’s a brave, fascinating record”Read review
“On the Dallas-raised musician’s sixth record, her trademark dry humour meets a sunnier sonic palette influenced by Bowie and Sly and The Family Stone”Read review
“For those listeners who come to this record having never really gotten on with St. Vincent’s music in the past, there would seem to be more approachable material here”Read review
“Although the songwriting is still strongly structured beneath the surface, it’s now built on Le Corbusier curves instead of right angles”Read review
“The artist’s sixth solo album matches pitch-perfect ‘70s-retro stylings with testy lyrical themes”Read review
“Like the albums of the era it was inspired by, Daddy’s Home takes time to unfold in listeners’ imaginations”Read review
“While Daddy’s Home may not be her best record, it’s a bold and rewarding one”Read review
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