Here’s more “Music For Christmas” #2 in the form of the latest Princess Chelsea album “The Loneliest Girl”. Most likely all Princess Chelsea – and Lil’ Chief Records – fans will have the album. But it’s a great gift idea for anyone who loves a bit of dark alternative pop music. Here’s the self-explanatory “Growing Older” from the album to get your exploration underway.
“The Loneliest Girl” is the fourth album by globe-trotting Chelsea Nikkel, following “Lil’ Golden Book” and “The Great Cybernetic Depression” and a recent album of cover versions. It’s the best of the lot. It’s much less stylised synth pop than the previous albums, and, a more expansive, varied and exploratory collection of great pop songs.
“The Loneliest Girl” is a knowing and emotionally brave collection of reflections on real life, mixed with somewhat dark and melancholy fantasy, and all wrapped up in a set of glorious Serge Gainsbourg-esque arrangements. As you can hear on this track “Respect The Labourers”, complete with strings and sax solo outro:
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