{"product_id":"rosalia-lux","title":"Rosalia - LUX","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eAlbum of the Week: Rosalía – \u003cem\u003eLUX\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eStaff Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eSpanish pop visionary Rosalía, who stunned critics with 2018’s \u003cem\u003eEl Mal Querer\u003c\/em\u003e and conquered the globe with the art-pop brilliance of 2022’s \u003cem\u003eMOTOMAMI\u003c\/em\u003e, returns this week with her fourth studio album, \u003cem\u003eLUX\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eFollowing last year’s collaboration \u003cem\u003eORAL\u003c\/em\u003e with fellow experimentalist Björk, \u003cem\u003eLUX\u003c\/em\u003e marks a striking departure from the exuberant, kinetic pop energy its immediate predecessor. Rather than replicate \u003cem\u003eMOTOMAMI\u003c\/em\u003e’s wild freeness, Rosalía has, over three years, sculpted a deeply intricate and eclectic work of Latin pop infused with classical, experimental, and electronic flourishes. It is the record that cements her status as one of contemporary pop’s most fearless and singular auteurs, a throne long occupied by her collaborator Björk, who appears here alongside Yves Tumor on the album’s lead single \u003cem\u003eBerghain\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eLike her contemporary FKA twigs, Rosalía is equally capable of crafting heart-wrenching, cinematic balladry and visionary, forward-thinking electronic pop. At times, these contrasting modes fuse brilliantly. The glitching outro of \u003cem\u003eReliquia (Relic)\u003c\/em\u003e, the restless pulse of \u003cem\u003eDivinize\u003c\/em\u003e, and the hip-hop-inflected \u003cem\u003ePorcelana (Porcelain)\u003c\/em\u003e featuring Ukrainian rapper M1SHKA all stand out in the album’s first movement, which concludes with the operatic splendour of \u003cem\u003eMio Christo Piange Diamanti (My Christ Weeps Diamonds)\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe aforementioned \u003cem\u003eBerghain\u003c\/em\u003e must be one of this year’s most beguiling lead singles a furious, shape-shifting piece that opens \u003cem\u003eLUX\u003c\/em\u003e’s second movement with cinematic intensity. Rising and falling strings evoke the drama of a Peter Greenaway film, while Rosalía, Björk, and Yves Tumor trade vocals like actors in a stage play exploring spirituality, sensuality, and existential tension. It’s a whirlwind of emotion that is impulsive, panic-like, and enthralling. In contrast, \u003cem\u003eLa Perla \u003c\/em\u003efollows with tender sweetness, its narrative of selfish love softened by lullaby-esque tones and its Disney-like sound design before the funky, strutting optimism of \u003cem\u003eDe Madruga (At Dawn)\u003c\/em\u003e restores a sense of rhythmic excitement. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe humorously titled \u003cem\u003eDios Es Un Stalker (God Is a Stalker)\u003c\/em\u003e heralds the album’s third movement, and is perhaps \u003cem\u003eLUX\u003c\/em\u003e’s most immediately infectious moment, a slick, vibrant, and playful track. It’s soon counterbalanced by the darkly romantic \u003cem\u003eLa Yugular\u003c\/em\u003e and the theatrical grandeur of \u003cem\u003eSauvignon Blanc\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eLUX\u003c\/em\u003e’s final stretch ventures deeper into classical and avant-garde territory with \u003cem\u003eMemoria\u003c\/em\u003e, before closing out with the breathtaking \u003cem\u003eMagnolias\u003c\/em\u003e, an elegiac, redemptive piece of such spiritual clarity and devotion it feels destined for the house of God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eLUX\u003c\/em\u003e, Rosalía has created one of the year’s most distinctive, challenging, and transcendent pop albums. It may eschew the immediate rush of \u003cem\u003eMOTOMAMI\u003c\/em\u003e, but it offers something greater in return, a work of immense emotional and spiritual depth, proof once more that Rosalía is operating in a realm entirely her own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eRosalía – \u003cem\u003eLUX\u003c\/em\u003e is OUT NOW on Vinyl \u0026amp; CD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"COLUMBIA","offers":[{"title":"Crystal Clear Vinyl","offer_id":53201695015239,"sku":"TRI-67626","price":46.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":53206732243271,"sku":"TRI-67625","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/27e69492e66d95e8807fc72943986632_c61206d0-2b06-420d-b708-11032ec55805.jpg?v=1769374517","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/rosalia-lux","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}