Album Review: Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon

Lana Del Rey's third album once again offers a slick slide into moody cinematic atmospherics and deathly weary nihilism issuing from the lips of a glamourous Hollywood starlet.

The languorous swirl of this album moves in slow motion until it completely enshrouds listeners in a heavy cloud of bittersweet melancholia. Del Rey's deadpan delivery reveals a decidedly black sense of humour. She's supported by swelling strings and orchestral maneuvers which take aim for the pop beats that bounce like Summertime Sadness. Drifting into introspective rumination as she thinks about love, loss and desire, this honeymoon sounds like one she took on her own.