Created under the sway of deep romantic pain, Cate Le Bon's seventh album, Michelangelo Dying, surpassed the work she thought she was going to make. This record, an emotional outlet, captures a wound that is still raw. Musically, it extends the aesthetic of Reward and Pompeii, blending guitars, saxophones, and filtered vocals into a silky and shifting soundscape. One can perceive echoes of Bowie, Nico, or Laurie Anderson. The album forms a song cycle, each track a fragment of the same broken mirror. There is no revelation or order, only chaos and repetition. Ultimately, Cate confronts herself, in the most human solitude.
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