Two years after Reward, Welsh singer-songwriter, musician and producer Cate Le Bon has released a new album called Pompeii which is out now via Mexican Summer. It was recorded in Cardiff with her long collaborator Samur Khouja. According to the press release, Pompeii is sonically minimal in parts, and its lyrics jog between self-reflection and direct address. Vulnerability, although “obscured,” challenges Le Bon’s tendencies towards irony. Written primarily on bass and composed entirely alone in an “uninterrupted vacuum,” Le Bon plays every instrument (except drums and saxophones) and recorded the album largely by herself.
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