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Sherelle: With a Vengeance review | Album of the week
The Londoner has alighted on a sophisticated, high-tempo hybrid of footwork and jungle – and seems to suggest a better way of living
UK ravers in particular are reaching for speed garage (Salute, Sammy Virji), cheerily high-tempo pop-trance (DJ Heartstring, Kettama) or doof-centric hard dance (Hannah Laing) to crowd out the horror. After her legendary 2019 Boiler Room livestream, Sherelle goading the crowd with arms stretched wide as she delivered titanic bass-drops, she’s become a reliable defibrillator of vibes at any club night – but she also has a keen eye for the utopian potential of this joyous pandemonium. After Ghostholding, her beautifully loping alt-rock album under the name Venturing, the US musician is back to her core project for her second LP in as many months: trap, hyperpop and breakcore forming a blizzard of digital information.
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