
He wrote and arranged all of the music on “A Church That Fits Our Needs,” affixing borrowed elements of Shostakovich and Stravinsky to an indie-rock undercarriage of drums and guitar. Picker sings in a soft, quivering tenor that can slide imperceptibly into falsetto - he’s the essential embodiment of vulnerability - and most of his songs come scaled for dramatic effect, with swooning strings, harp and brass. Picker’s mother, an artist afflicted by mental illness, who took her own life shortly after attending his wedding in 2009. The new album draws specific inspiration from Mr. He brought some of that history into the songs on “All Alone in an Empty House,” the first Lost in the Trees album, originally released on the Trekky label in 2008. Lost in the Trees is the primary creative outlet for Ari Picker, a singer-songwriter with classical training and a troubled family history. Blige, after her worst wounded years but before optimism set in. And “Break Down These Walls” has the rigor and intensity of mid-career Mary J.

She tames a range of styles here, from the vibrating ’60s rock guitar on “Wrong Side of a Love Song” to the horns on “Running,” which was produced by Salaam Remi with some of the leftovers from old Amy Winehouse sessions. Though this album lacks some of the intensity of her debut, “The Bridge,” which hit hard with done-wrong vintage-soul updates, it still showcases Ms. She’s perpetually aggrieved, and it suits her. Fiona has the sturdy backdrops that her knowing and slightly husky voice needs. That turns out to be fine: on most of the rest of this album, Ms. Fiona, who never loosens up enough to melt into the track or the gloomy mood. The sound is signature Drake but, as it happens, something of a struggle for Ms. In theory the most exciting song on Melanie Fiona’s second album, “The MF Life,” should be “I Been That Girl.” Written by Drake - the two were part of a group called the Renaissance, several years ago in Toronto - it’s a dark, slow creeper, with weepy piano and weepier lyrics about a no-good man. The album did great numbers, but creatively wasn’t my best work. Wiz Khalifa’s letter laid out his feelings: “The mistake I made on ‘Rolling Papers’ was thinking it was time to move on from that genre, not knowing that it had impacted people so much. That mixtape gave him momentum, and a major-label deal, which led to his 2011 album, “Rolling Papers” (Rostrum/Atlantic), which was shinier and less narcotic than his older work, but also successful it was certified gold and spawned three platinum singles. (For argument’s sake, allow him his hyperbole.) Recalling his influential, woozy 2010 mixtape “Kush & Orange Juice,” he described knowing that he “had created a new genre” that would change music. You may have to select a menu option or click a button.Apologies are not ordinarily in order for rappers who have navigated the path from reliable mixtape purveyor to steady pop presence, but last month apologize Wiz Khalifa did, in an open letter to fans.

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