Gabriella CohenFull Closure And No Details is a remarkably complete solo debut, a flowing 'album' rather than a collection of songs.
Gabriella Cohen knows exactly when to leave space, push into apparent chaos, croon or just fire off a weaponised sigh. Songs snake in delightfully unexpected directions — Sever The Walls starts like The Shirelles discovered proto-punk and surf rock all at once, then drops a church organ on you while fuzzed-out guitar hums like a pissed off wasp nest. Inconsistencies between the lyrics, tone and melodies, rather than causing fractures, subtly reveal the whole: moments of tenderness and bitterness, heartbreak and hope, all woven from Cohen's same world-weary, malaise-soaked inflection.
