https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2018-10-12/natalie-prass-the-future-and-the-past/
Natalie Prass' second album takes inspiration from classic pop songwriting while imagining a new future. Though grounded in the warm-bath soul of the Seventies and slick pop of the Eighties, the Cleveland native and producer/childhood pal Matthew E. White give the tracks an electronic gleam and rhythm-focused arrangements, letting her breathy soprano soar. Soulful single "Short Court Style" makes the strongest case for her vision, though the sultry "The Fire" and reticular "Ship Go Down" demonstrate a delightfully diverse range. If the midpoint between The Future and the Past is modernity, Natalie Prass nails it. (Noon, American Express stage)
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