Sometimes you need an album to rest the heart rate, to soothe your troubled mind after that third cup of coffee, an album that feels like a reassuring warm hug, chiming “slow down.” This is Common Holly’s Anything glass an indie folk pop collection of songs that gracefully stumble into that familiar and welcoming calm. I hear echoes of old Mitski and Angel Olsen with Brigitte Naggar’s voice, but the production, so delicately woven—even though the album was recorded live off the floor—keeps me coming back.
Usually the tracks, like “Aegean blue,” or “The wood from the sail” start with a soft piano, but morph into a chamber pop vibe with flutes, sparse percussion, or, in the case of “Enough,” and “Jazz song” some guitar-centric noise. Naggar’s switch from soft whispers to hypnotic ramblings gives the album a whimsical nature, backed up by the motorik bass and flute work. These songs juxtapose vulnerability with sudden eruptions of noise, while Naggar’s lyrics dance between the poetic and the confessional. It’s a cerebral, sometimes unsettling, and ultimately a rewarding listen—an album that shatters gently, then cuts.
