Planningtorock
Powerhouse
Release Date: Nov 9, 2018
Genre(s): Pop, Electronic, Electronica, Pop/Rock, Indie Electronic, Left-Field Pop
Record label: DFA
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Album Review: Powerhouse by Planningtorock
Very Good, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 3.8/5
In October, a New York Times report revealed the Trump administration's plan to narrow the definition of gender as biological, denying the lived experience of millions of people who do not identify with the gender assigned to them at birth. Public outcry immediately followed. At rallies, on social media and even during the World Series, pink and blue banners carried the message: Trans People Won't Be Erased.
Based on rating 7/10
On Powerhouse, the fourth LP (and first in four years) from Jam Rostron (aka Planningtorock), the UK musician delivers an undeniably emotional and intimate game-changer, starkly addressing gender issues and opening up about their personal life on tracks like "Transome" and "Wounds." Stripping tracks down to just skeletal beats, modest synth hits and vibrating bass lines, Rostron relies on their haunted pitched-down vocals and to-the-bone lyrics on tracks like "Somethings More Painful Than Others" and "Jam of Finland." Given how ….
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