Album Review: Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time

At 15 Ferreira was Capitol Records' big bet to be the next Britney. Cut to five years later and it's all glowing Pitchfork reviews and serious indie hype.

There's plenty of pop tropes here, but done with a twist; Boys is an empowerment anthem (“All the little things that you do/Always getting in my way”) turned love song (“You put my faith back in boys”) with Ferreira's breathy voice floating sweetly on top of aggressive distorted guitar and synth. In I Blame Myself Ferreira analyses the pressures that her “reputation” has brought from the industry, taking responsibility and owning her mistakes in a way that's fierce and powerful.

Like any good pop record, Night Time, My Time's also got at least one serious club hit in 24 Hours, with a chorus ready-made for girls in too-high heels to be screaming along to at two in the morning: “I wish these 24 hours would never end...”. The second half of the album gets a bit more unconventional; Omanko buzzes and whines with incessant distorted cymbals, and in Heavy Metal Heart we (aptly) get the first really good guitar riff, and a taste of those grunge influences that supposedly set Ferreira apart from real commercial pop stars. Night Time, My Time is a long record, and starts to drag towards the end, especially on the clunky title track, but it's also dark, sultry and sometimes even fun.