Owen Pallett – In Conflict

Owen Pallett – In Conflict (Domino)

Canadian multi-instrumentalist and composer Owen Pallett follows up 2010’s wonderful Heartland and A Swedish Love Story EP with his fourth album. Perhaps my favourite thing about Pallett’s music – and there are many – is his ability to seamlessly intermingle the sublime with mundanity and human weakness in a way that’s relatable without sacrificing his ability to inspire awe; titling an early album He Poos Clouds, referring to his powerful live performances as ‘pussyish’ and singing in a gorgeous falsetto about trying to ‘make each other come’ as strings swell in the background are just a handful of representative examples of this gift. On the aptly titled In Conflict, he expresses the inherent duality of the human experience more masterfully and more beautifully than ever.

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