Victoria Canal
Slowly, It Dawns
Release Date: Jan 17, 2025
Genre(s): Pop/Rock
Record label: Parlophone
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Album Review: Slowly, It Dawns by Victoria Canal
Excellent, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 4
After a Glastonbury guest spot with Coldplay, her debut album sets out her stall as the missing link between Olivia Rodrigo and Regina Spektor Love them or hate them, Coldplay know how to introduce a new star into the world. For their 2024 Glastonbury headline set, as well as the headline grabbing likes of Michael J Fox and Little Simz, you may have also spotted a young Spanish-American singer pianist who guested during Paradise. That pianist was Victoria Canal.
Opinion: Fantastic
For anyone familiar with Victoria Canal's earlier discography - which, after sharing her first EP all the way back in 2016, is already plentiful - the opening chimes of 'June Baby' might come as a bit of a surprise. Where her most recent releases (2022's 'elegy' and last year's 'WELL WELL' EP) dwelled in the more introspective corners of life, there's a sunny warmth to the opening track of her debut full-length 'Slowly, It Dawns' that feels unexpected but still well-worn. It's this spirit that's carried into the first half of the record via the flirtatious strut of 'California Sober' and the thrumming, hedonistic vibrations of 'Cake', proving Canal has many more strings to her pop bow.
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