jessy lanza: all the time
Francisco Espregueira
Jessy Lanza’s third LP, her first since 2016, is marked by a lot of changes for Lanza and her creative partner Jeremy Greenspan, working long distance for the first time, connecting New York City to Hamilton in Canada. Regardless of Lanza’s move to the Big Apple, All The Time turns out to be the most pure set of pop songs the duo has recorded: reflective and finessed over the time and distance they allowed it. The result is an incredible experimental work on contemporary r&b.
More than in previous projects the lyrics on All The Time were an important focus, articulating difficult feelings into Lanza’s outwardly joyful music - a conversation with herself about anger, cynicism, hardships in coping with changes, channeled into something that has whit, energy and style. As the final elements of the album were being put in place, everything changed overnight. Her European tour was cut short and she flew back to the U.S.A., moving from N.Y.C. to San Francisco in order to adapt to a new world in which unbelievable artists such as Lanza might struggle. All The Time is a beacon of light and hope for contemporary pop music, available in vinyl via Hyperdub.