Rex Orange County-Who Cares-CD-FLAC-2022-FORSAKEN

                     FORSAKEN Proudly Presents              
    Artist      : Rex Orange County                                 
   Album       : Who Cares?                                        
    Label       : RCA Records                                        
    Genre       : Rock                                               
    Source      : CD                                                 
    Street Date : 2022-03-11                                         
   Quality     : 828 kbps / 44.1kHz / 2 channels                   
    Encoder     : FLAC 1.3.1                                        
     Size        : 218.13 MB                                          
     Time        : 34:51 min                                          
    Url         : http://allmusic.com/album/release/who-cares--mr00 
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  1.  Keep It Up                                                     3:03 
  2.  Open A Window (Feat. Tyler The Creator)                        3:38 
  3.  Worth It                                                       2:44 
  4.  Amazing                                                        3:29 
  5.  One In A Million                                               3:14 
  6.  If You Want It                                                 3:07 
  7.  Am                                                             3:19 
  8.  The Shade                                                      3:01 
  9.  Making Time                                                    1:55 
  10. Shoot Me Down                                                  4:52 
  11. Who Cares?                                                     2:29 
     English singer/songwriter Alexander O'Connor, aka Rex Orange       
     County, has garnered acclaim for his low-key brand of '70s-style   
     AM pop, a vibe he continues to perfect on his artful and           
     heartfelt fourth album, 2022's Who Cares? On past albums O'Connor  
     has showcased his knack for making hummable piano-driven songs     
     that smartly evoke the classic work of artists like Elton John     
     and Randy Newman, but with nods to contemporary indie rock and     
     hip-hop influences. Recorded in the Netherlands with the           
     similarly AM pop-influenced Benny Sings (Tim Van Berkestijn), Who  
     Cares? is a perfect amalgam of O'Connor's throwback instincts,     
     marked by sun-dappled melodies, orchestral sections, woody bass    
     grooves, and a cloudy-day sadness that feels decidedly             
     post-millennial. What's particularly compelling this time out is   
     just how good the songwriting is. Previously, while O'Connor       
     might have evinced a jazzy, '70s soul vibe, his writing could      
     feel insular and lacking in the universal relatability of the      
     artists he was drawing from. In contrast, on Who Cares? it feels   
     like O'Connor is reaching out to his audience, crafting songs      
     that manage to frame his own emotions in bigger, more broadly      
     relatable ways. It also doesn't hurt that these are hooky,         
     thoughtfully constructed anthems that have the vibe of modern      
     standards. "One in a Million" is an earthy R&B cut that brings to  
     mind Al Green, at the same time "7AM" soars with an ebullient      
     Paul Williams-esque melodicism. Similarly, "Open a Window"         
     (featuring Tyler, the Creator) conjures '70s Stevie Wonder, while  
     "The Shade'' wouldn't sound out of place on a Fleetwood Mac        
     album. Thankfully, all of Who Cares? sounds exactly like Rex       
     Orange County coming into his own.                                 

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