The targets of Anohni's soulful delivery are many: from drone-strike foreign policy to global ecological meltdown.
Yet despite the album's title, Hopelessness manages to inject light in some unexpected places; take Anohni's rumination on the theme of execution, which is juxtaposed against a pulsing, angular sonic backdrop, suggesting an element of hope that the idea of ultimate punishment may one day fade.
• Anohni. Hopelessness. Rough Trade.
• Four stars (out of five)
Single download: I Don't Love You Anymore
For those who like: Radiohead, Sinead O'Connor
- Shane Gilchrist
