Cover for Solo Career - 'Interior Delirium'

Interior Delirium is the debut LP from Anna Blackman’s project Solo Career. Each of the 9 songs carve out delightful ambivalences amongst the art\pop continuum. The vibe is immaculate. Anna’s songwriting and sheer range of ideas glimmer and entice throughout. She simply gets so much done here, counter-melodies, twiddly bits, knob turns, LAYERS LAD. The aesthetic may be low-fi or sometimes blown-out, but sheen is secondary to substance. This is as creative, robust and well-crafted a record you're liable to stumble across in 2025. None of these songs will waste ya time, lines like “you’re not ugly, you’re just poor, which bit of flesh should I cut off next?” being the nuggets of gold to find along the way. I sometimes sniff a little bit of Jess Ribeiro, sometimes a bit of Scraps, other times Cate Le Bon. But such effability is, again, secondary. Anna does a far better job at articulating the reference points across ‘Neo Soul Jazz Afternoon’ anyhow – “this one sounds like…”. Its music for gardening, baths, transit and the indifference of skyscrapers. The palette is extremely appropriate for Dinosaur City's vital discography. Weird, considered – hooks and pith bursting at the seams – cannot be contained by ya dream-pop/post-punk labels.