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Officials name senior vice president, chief of staff
By Fiona Riley, Assistant News Editor • March 26, 2024

QuickTakes

Bruce Springsteen

Working on a Dream (COLUMBIA)

The brilliance of Springsteen has always rested on the unabashed force with which he uplifts humanness, containing it to the populist model of a now-dead era in American rock, with its uncomplicated chord progressions and accessible metaphors. And though “Working on a Dream” keeps to common-man metaphor, it does so with a less authentic-seeming turn inward. Rather, the album reads as a survey of Americana, channeling “hope,” but without the vibrance of a “Born In the USA”-era Boss.
-Amanda Pacitti

Loney, Dear

Dear John (POLYVINYL)

There is a in-depth cultural study to be done to find out why, despite sharing a border, Norway seems to produce nothing but black metal bands like Mayhem, while Sweden sticks to twee poppers like Loney Dear. I mention this only because the latest effort from Emil Svan?ngen’s solo project comes off as sugar-coated pop that desperately wants to be just as dark as their Nordic neighbors, and the results actually work surprisingly well in parts. The album excels when the instrumentation is kept to a minumum and the sweet-voiced Swede lets his vocals tell his newly depressing story.
-Alexander Abnos

Andrew Bird

Noble Beast (FAT POSSUM)

The violin virtuoso finds structure on this fourth release. Some songs are guided by strong vocal melodies and unconventional rhythms, instead of the flurry of instrumental riffing evident in Bird’s earlier releases.
-Evan Garcia

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