Author: Lauren Marriner
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‘Son of Spergy’ – Daniel Caesar’s deeply personal fourth album
Daniel Caesar’s fourth studio album, Son of Spergy, is a soulful and spiritual meditation on family and religion. Raised in a deeply religious Seventh Day Adventist environment himself, much of this album draws heavily on his own personal experience. Early in his career, Caesar used similar scriptural imagery and references to sin and God such […]
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‘Willoughby Tucker, I Will Always Love You’: Another Harrowing Threat to Emotional Wellbeing from Ethel Cain
Banner Photo Credit: Dollie Kyarn After rising in popularity through her breakout album Preacher’s Daughter, Ethel Cain returns with Willoughby Tucker, I Will Always Love You, an album dedicated to love, loss, and obsession. Cain once again delivers a gut-wrenching portrait of an unravelling relationship, steeped in religious guilt and abusive dynamics. With raw lyricism, […]
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In the age of binge-watching, is anyone still reading – And why bother?
Lauren Marriner discusses reading as a form of entertainment in the 21st century.