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- Summary: The latest full-length release from Australian artist Carla dal Forno was self-produced and mixed by Amir Shoat.
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- Record Label: Kallista
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Apr 24, 2026Amid eight songs, the four instrumentals here are much less engaging, even pointless. But they serve to demonstrate the subtle strength of Dal Forno’s storytelling and singing. Careless, selfish, even cruel, she is also desperate, uncertain and bends towards tenderness – and uses her vocal style to wrongfoot the listener, perhaps even herself, as to how she really feels.
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Apr 24, 2026The driving "Alone with You" might seem seductive and romantic, but it's about much more than just physical pleasure, as dal Forno sings about building a future with a partner and "lock[ing] away bad memories together." The dreamy, lo-fi "Gave You Up" is particularly entrancing, with dal Forno's sighing vocals meshing perfectly with the hypnotic guitar strums. Throughout the album, instrumental tunes act as curious segues between moods.
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Record CollectorApr 24, 2026Sharpening her songs' focus and melodies with spartan precision. [May 2026, p.101]
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Apr 28, 2026Confession presents dal Forno’s music at its most lush and sensual, evoking 90s dream pop as much as 80s post-punk. It still has the chilly sensibilities of her previous work, but there’s a shimmering lightness there as well, like sunlight reflecting off the ice.
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MojoApr 24, 2026It is simultaneously comforting and haunting, an emotional closeness that is both playful an unsettling. [Jun 2026, p.93]
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Apr 24, 2026Though its songs are simple and occasionally repetitive, the incisive lyrics cut through the clear country air, enough to turn heads a few times.