Blood Orange Cupid Deluxe (MP3 Download) (2 Lp's)

Blood Orange Cupid Deluxe (MP3 Download) (2 Lp's)After debuting his new project Blood Orange with a fairly straightforward chillwave electro pop album full of hooky, sexy songs that worked like a collection of great singles, Dev Hynes returned with a second album that was anything but straightforward. In fact, Cupid Deluxe is something of a hot mess. It's unfocused, sprawling, and so full of ideas that it never seems to settle in one place for very long, jumping from laid back EDM pop to soft rock

shows no signs of caving in under pressure

she was diagnosed with an immune disorder that hindered her ability to tour in support of the album

THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE is a striking turnaround from the guitar-powered

Like many country troubadours

Loving You 8

The opener "Graze" begins with atmospherics and tremulous lyrics

Natalie Mendoza

" and Koenig sings "I don't wanna live like this

True love doesn't work out

so confusing

According to the artist

On the peppier "Babys" (half a world away from "Blood Bank" if the lyrics are to be believed)