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Joan As Police Woman: Lemons, Limes and Orchids review – stripped back songs of love and loss
On her first collection of originals since 2018, Joan Wasser lets loose with an album of slinky vocals and live instrumentation
On this 12th album, she finally releases all that pent-up emotion, picking at love and loss in stripped back, nocturnal songs that calmly ebb and flow. Eschewing the pop-leaning, retro-soul of 2014’s The Classic, and Damned Devotion ’s lurches into funk, here Wasser focuses on live instrumentation and her versatile voice. On the lilting Full-Time Heist she slinks softly around a simple click beat and piano trills, while on the undulating highlight, Oh Joan, her high-wire falsetto slowly gives way to the sighed, repeated title of the chorus.
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