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Illuminati Hotties: Power review – melody-rich, fat-free indie rock

Producer Sarah Tudzin returns to her performer alias with a collection of effortless-sounding bangers

Not content with a career as a Grammy-winning engineer and producer (her credits include Boygenius, Slowdive and Weyes Blood), since 2017 Sarah Tudzin has also been releasing her own songs under the Illuminati Hotties alias. That period away from her solo project has paid dividends: there is a real lightness of touch to these 13 fat-free and immaculately presented slices of melody-rich indie rock. Lead single Can’t Be Still – about the spiritual restlessness that seems to define modern life for so many people – builds smoothly from its simple opening riff before demonstrating how Tudzin knows her way around a winning chorus.

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