If you imagined that Frank Ocean would deliver a continuation of 2012’s avant-soul masterpiece channel ORANGE, then Blonde will perplex – and possibly dismay. The reclusive perfectionist’s comeback is very divergent. Blonde is an introspective, liminal and textural work that privileges mood over melody – and minimalism over maximalism. It is missing any obvious ‘hits’ – not even Nikes, the shoegazey, self-produced lead single.…
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