Album Review: Stand Atlantic - Pink Elephant

Getting right down to it, Stand Atlantic kicks off their second studio album Pink Elephant with thick drum-lines and bouncy melodies coating opening track Like That. As it leads into the gritty, aggressive and powerful Shh!, singer Bonnie Fraser’s ability to sound sweet and melodic one moment, then rough and ferocious the next injects a dose of exciting unpredictability. Electro-pop elements are found throughout, like in Wavelength’s chopped and effected vocals, as it navigates pushing through discomfort and standing up for yourself. 

Drink To Drown comes to us at the halfway point - a tear-jerkingly emotional ballad - sending in waves of emotion as Fraser’s slow and smooth vocals on “If you love me / Saturate me” show pure vulnerability as it lifts into a climax of piano and strings.

Pink Elephant is all about confronting things that stand in our way, whether it be inauthentic people in our lives seen in track Jurassic Park, or maybe sometimes it can be ourselves, navigated during Silk & Satin through an R&B influenced track with scattered beats and heartbreakingly forceful vocals. 

As energetic single Hate Me (Sometimes) quickly snaps into an acoustic outro, it’s a spine-tingling ending to an album full of emotional vulnerability. Pink Elephant is an album that brings pure fun and energy to some deep and intimate themes. It’s an album for the times, bringing a sense of inspiration to find the positives and keep pushing through.