Album Review: Grimes - Miss Anthropocene

It feels like Claire Boucher, the mind behind the Grimes project, has been teasing the release of this album for an eternity. Given everything that has made the news recently, it's timely that she should kick start this new decade with what has been described as a concept album about an "anthropomorphic goddess of climate change".

After the sweet pop fizz of Art Angels, Grimes finds her way back to our ears with darker and dreamier atmospherics adding a veil of mystery to her undoubtedly unique synth-pop visions. Miss Anthropocene features Grimes sounding like an anime character on an epic adventure through a Bladerunner-esque dystopian future. Her vocals flicker like a flame in a dark brooding mix, which fascinates with its hauntingly ethereal elegance, entertaining the menace of apocalypse which hangs heavy in the background. There is no message of hope here, just cool, casual acknowledgement of what now seems inevitable. The cosmic dreaminess of So Heavy I Fell Through The Earth gives way to the darker visions of New Gods and My Name Is Dark which are as alluring as they are deadly. Featuring some of Grimes' best work, Miss Anthropocene takes us to the party that’s sure to happen at the end of the world.