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Lydia Ainsworth - Phantom Forest - Import CD

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September 5, 2025

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Catalog No.: ZCR01

JAN/ISBN: 881626538227

Number of Discs: 1

Country/Region of Manufacture: Import

Credits:

Lydia Ainsworth

Canadian singer/producer Lydia Ainsworth's 2014 debut Right from Real opened with "Candle," a dark and jumpy web of interlocking cello, rumbling percussion, and wispy vocals that melted into glitchy, chopped samples. It was pop, in a sense, but the melodic elements were outshined by the overpowering experimental approach. Her 2017 effort Darling of the Afterglow retained the dark eeriness of the first album but grew more direct in its arrangements and production. With third album Phantom Forest, Ainsworth takes huge leaps towards pop where the first two albums took sheepish, tiny steps. This is apparent from the first seconds of "Diamonds Calling Diamonds," the '80s-styled synth pop number that opens Phantom Forest. Ainsworth's vocals are still distant and otherworldly, but the tones of the song reference classic dance music sounds. The influence of Kate Bush has been present in much of Ainsworth's sounds, but here we also hear nods to Art of Noise, Madonna, and the intersection of underground house production and charting pop music that happened for a small window in the late '80s. "Can You Find Her Place" takes this style even further, with a funky bass line and bubbly synth melodies sounding more like a throwback Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis production than anything released in the streaming age. The difference between Ainsworth's hooky synth pop on Phantom Forest and the haunted experimental sounds she started with is drastic. Even though the album's nine songs only span a half-hour running time, some moments still feel awkward and misplaced. The minimal, sultry "Give It Back to You" is followed by "Floating Dream," a song that stands out for its glaring rock trappings. Bright acoustic guitars and live drums sound strange after so much time spent in the synthetic dreamworld that makes up the rest of the album. While the songs on Phantom Forest are Ainsworth's clearest and most instantly accessible, the album is her least adventurous in terms of production and songwriting. Those put off by the dense layers of earlier songs will be excited by the more straightforward approach, one that distances Ainsworth dramatically from the first phases of her evolution as her output grows more easily digestible. ~ Fred Thomas

Tracklisting:

1.Diamonds Cutting Diamonds2.Tell Me I Exist3.Can You Find Her Place4.Edge of the Throne5.Kiss the Future6.The Time7.Give It Back to You8.Floating Dream9.Green Is the Colour
1.Diamonds Cutting Diamonds
2.Tell Me I Exist
3.Can You Find Her Place
4.Edge of the Throne
5.Kiss the Future
6.The Time
7.Give It Back to You
8.Floating Dream
9.Green Is the Colour

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