The American musician continues his introspection with a new maturity.
The apparent calm of this new record is deceptive. The rage, the pains and the suffering have not disappeared; they have simply folded into a new mode of expression. For Anjimile, a Boston-born artist whose every album reflects the personal and spiritual journey of its author in light of his gender transition, the aim is not to contain or repress emotions but to find the most precise way to exteriorize them with honesty, without betraying them.
In 2023, his second official album, The King, unleashed a certain violence through motifs of traditional folk, dark and unpredictable. Three years later, its successor expresses a new maturity, where guitar arpeggios and piano notes form a subtle and intimate base for further developments.
From indie folk and chamber pop
Unforeseen chord changes, improvised feedback, synthetic textures, a few Moog touches here and there… Whether they lean into indie folk with alternative accents (Waits for Me, Like You Really Mean It) or tilt toward chamber pop (Ready or Not, Point of View), Anjimile’s twelve songs unfold in a free and sensitive manner.
“Everything must go, so I just let go” (“everything must disappear, so I let go”), sings the American on the very beautiful The Store. A necessary step toward deliverance.
You’re Free to Go (4AD/Wagram). Out on March 13.
