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It is rare to find a debut album that sounds this assured, but with Horizon Line , Liz Ocean announces herself not as a newcomer tentative in the shallow end, but as a fully formed artist diving into the deep.

There are moments where the aesthetic threatens to overwhelm the substance. Tracks like lean perhaps a little too heavily on the style of the time—think a mix of Lana Del Rey’s melancholy and the synth-pop sheen of CHVRCHES—occasionally feeling like style over substance. However, Ocean recovers quickly with the closing track, "Lighthouse," a stripped-back piano ballad that ditches the synths entirely. It is a brave choice for a debut, leaving the listener with a stark, human intimacy that cuts through the digital fog. liz ocean 2017

Artist: Liz Ocean