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Fousheé: Pointy Heights review – a Caribbean-facing new direction
The in-demand US singer-songwriter’s second album takes its cue from her Jamaican heritage
Named after the plot of land her grandfather owns in Jamaica, several of the record’s 10 tracks feature the Caribbean island’s distinctive swing. War channels Althea & Donna’s 1978 hit Uptown Top Ranking in its joyously jaunty piano line, while opener Birds, Bees features an earworming reggae groove. The synth-disco experiments of Loversland and Rice & Peas feel somewhat jarring amid the record’s strumming palette; otherwise, Pointy Heights plays as an exciting chapter in the singer’s shapeshifting repertoire.
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