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Album review: Xiaowo & (11); (16); consciousness & (17);

In a blizzard in early 2015, I fell in love for the first time with the New Zealand independent pop brothers, a "nest" of Georgia and kalebunott. I hid in my Brooklyn apartment, lit spotify and fell madly in love with their 2014 debut, evergreen. Since then, it has been a bumpy road for me personally. Their music runs through every high and low. Even when I was fascinated by a killer live show held in Irving Plaza, New York in March 2015, their music has become lifelike - it's a quite spiritual experience, I have to say. The evergreen tree feels like a romantic record. When they were sophomores, they consciously continued to work on this theme and expanded the heavy, dreamlike sound they had synthesized. This is a record of victory, hope, growth and heartache. Single "freedom" is a song of unbound power, which breaks the shackles of you. As Georgia sings, "when I don't care when I do my best," I'm back at the beginning of my career; when the pressure to stick to the status quo doesn't bother me. The second section, "I just want to draw your attention, please / don't ask your opinion or your fee, / because I have the most free people / I don't have anything to show or be seen," continues to play on this concept, making this song the perfect opening song for the licensed album. "

" we have everything "is a modern pop song. When" are you at home "brings a bigger voice to the two, Georgia questions the current motivation of love for another woman. "

" voice of mind, "co authored with the lovely Lord, is a romantic girl who catches the boy, they run away from the type of track, which is perfect for those who are tired of starting a new relationship because of the past experience. If we learn something, it's parenting that will give us a track in every album that absolutely kills us. The characteristic of "natural freak" is that the track of consciousness is like the evergreen tree of "medicine". When the chorus of "mother's monster, nature's game / I can blame her for being my brain" rings, it's hard not to recall every crazy thing we do for love, and all these things are slowly killing our hearts. Honestly, now is not the time? "We hide under the blanket of ignorance," because that's the only meaningful time, "when it comes to love, it's hard not to start questioning everything, but in the end, it's the choice we make, the question of who we share our lives with. The album's high note is a self reflective "evergreen" style "worth fighting for." As the choir said, "I pray I will, I pray I may still be worthy of fighting," and nott painfully shares her insecurity of loving again after being emptied. "

" wait for the explosion, "nott sang in the closing title song" consciousness, "and if you think you know what they are, you are clearly wrong. "All my nightmares feel like real life" is an unforgettable but simple description of the dark side of life. With such a closer person, you will desire more - honestly, this is what any great ending track should do. After all, it's only at the end of the journey that we really become conscious.

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