“All the female characters in movies that I tended to identify with as a young girl were desirable women, and their position was often in relation to a man... It’s not from their subjectivity; they’re being described. [Writing this album], that wasn’t something that I wanted for myself—I wanted to find the main character.”

—Deland on themes in Someone New[1]

Someone New is the first full-length studio album by Canadian art pop musician Helena Deland.

Reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Marcy Donelson writing that "Deland's vulnerable voice helps make her self-conscious, searching commentaries all the more engrossing" on an album with "with subtly shifting sounds and structures".[2] Jess Wrigglesworth of Clash Music gave this album an 8 out of 10 for displaying Deland's "ability to combine woozy guitars with killer synths and endlessly catchy melodies".[3] In Exclaim!, Joe Bagel rated this album 9 out of 10, calling it "a confetti cannon filled with breakup roses" that is "a gestational document, thrilling to witness" for Deland's exploration of romantic relationships.[4] Editors of the publication chose it as the 39th best album of 2020, with Kaitlin Irving praising "evocative lyricism and melancholic guitar riffs [that] make the album so intoxicating, real and timeless, it may prove impossible to turn off".[5] Someone New was an album of the week at The Line of Best Fit, where reviewer Jay Singh gave it a 9.5 out of 10 and called it "a living, breathing entity" that "has a presence that lingers long after it’s finished".[6] In Loud and Quiet, Guia Cortassa rated Someone New 8 out of 10, stating that "Deland gets incredibly close to penning the perfect pop album for the current moment".[7] Writing for Pitchfork Media, Sophie Kemp rated this album a 7.9 out of 10, stating that "despite its frequent darkness and sullen mood, Someone New shudders with a digital glow" that "replicates the push and pull of a complicated relationship".[8] Steve Horowitz of PopMatters scored this release a 7 out of 10, noting the "ambitious and demanding" songwriting but also criticizing the lack of seriousness, continuing that a "lack of gravitas is also the album’s greatest flaw".[9]

Track listing

  1. "Someone New" – 3:50
  2. "Truth Nugget" – 4:41
  3. "Dog" – 3:53
  4. "Fruit Pit" – 3:16
  5. "Pale" – 3:02
  6. "Comfort, Edge" – 3:44
  7. "The Walk Home" – 2:29
  8. "Seven Hours" – 2:24
  9. "Smoking at the Gas Station" – 4:34
  10. "Lylz" – 3:03
  11. "Mid Practice" – 3:58
  12. "Clown Neutral" – 4:42
  13. "Fill the Rooms" – 4:16

Personnel

  • Helena Deland – guitar, keyboards, vocals, cover art[7]
  • Tom Gould – bass guitar
  • Valentin Ignat – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, percussion, piano, backing vocals, engineering, production
  • Alexandre Larin – guitar
  • Francis Ledoux – drums
  • Jesse Mac Cormack – bass guitar
  • Cédric Martel – bass guitar
  • Vishal Nayak – drums
  • Ouri – cello on "The Walk Home", mixing on "Pale"
  • Jacob Portrait – bass guitar, drums, keyboards, engineering on "Lylz", production on "Lylz"
  • Gabe Wax – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, percussion

See also

References

  1. ^ D'Souza, Shaad (October 16, 2020). "Helena Deland turns her insecurities into weird, unnerving indie rock". Gen F. The Fader. ISSN 1533-5194. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  2. ^ Donelson, Marcy (n.d.). "Helena Deland – Someone New". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Archived from the original on October 18, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  3. ^ Wrigglesworth, Jess (October 19, 2020). "Helena Deland – Someone New". Reviews. Clash Music. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  4. ^ Bagel, Joe (October 14, 2020). "Helena Deland's 'Someone New' Is a Confetti Cannon Filled with Breakup Roses". Reviews. Exclaim!. ISSN 1207-6600. Archived from the original on October 11, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  5. ^ Irving, Kaitlin (December 2, 2020). "Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2020". Features. Exclaim!. ISSN 1207-6600. Archived from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  6. ^ Singh, Jay (October 12, 2020). "Helena Deland constructs an effigy of herself ready to burn on the haunting Someone New". Albums. The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  7. ^ a b Cortassa, Guia (October 12, 2020). "Helena Deland – Someone New". Reviews. Loud and Quiet. No. 143. ISSN 2049-9892. Archived from the original on December 10, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  8. ^ Kemp, Sophie (October 21, 2020). "Helena Deland: Someone New Album Review". Albums. Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on October 16, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  9. ^ Horowitz, Steve (October 21, 2020). "Helena Deland Suggests Imagination Is More Rewarding Than Reality on 'Something New'". Reviews. PopMatters. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
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