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Gentle Confrontation

Her first album with cleared samples: sixteen tracks, with guests including Keiyaa, Ritchie, Marina Herlop, Eden Samara and George Riley.
Loraine James, 2023

Gentle Confrontation was produced by James and runs 56:38 over sixteen tracks. The samples from Lusine, DNTEL and Telefon Tel Aviv were run through pedal chains into granular textures, and she has described working half in Ableton and half out of the box. Guests are Keiyaa, Ritchie, Corey Mastrangelo, Marina Herlop, Eden Samara, George Riley and Contour. Metacritic scored it 84; Pitchfork gave it 8.0, calling the music chaotic arrangements and glitchy drums that express knotty, difficult-to-name emotions, Uncut gave it 8 out of 10, and PopMatters 9 out of 10, calling it her most intimate record to date. NME's Alex Rigotti called it an incredible achievement. Clash placed it eighth on its year-end list and PopMatters 13th. Dates differ, with PopMatters giving September 15, but reviews dated September 21 and 22 support the later one.

Track listing

  1. Gentle Confrontation4:20
  2. 20032:39
  3. Let U Go4:23
  4. Deja Vu2:51
  5. Prelude of Tired of Me2:02
  6. Glitch the System (Glitch Bitch 2)3:34
  7. I DM U4:23
  8. One Way Ticket to the Midwest (Emo)2:25
  9. Cards with the Grandparents3:21
  10. While They Were Singing4:22
  11. Try for Me4:04
  12. Tired of Me2:19
  13. Speechless4:57
  14. Disjointed (Feeling Like a Kid Again)4:05
  15. I'm Trying to Love Myself3:22
  16. Saying Goodbye3:31

More from Loraine James

For You And I (2019), Reflection (2021), Building Something Beautiful For Me (2022), Detached From The Rest Of You (2026), It’s Nothing Personal. (2026)

Sources

  1. Gentle Confrontation, Wikipedia
  2. Loraine James, Gentle Confrontation, PopMatters (2023-10-04)