"In Le Bon Land, guitars bend and liquify like Dali clocks, synthesizers echo into an infinite horizon, and familiar words stretch and contract within her steely register. Across her previous six albums, Le Bon's music has expanded from winsome freak folk to lush and towering art pop that lays bare her love of Bowie and John Cale."
"After spending nearly a decade in Joshua Tree, California, Le Bon endured the messy collapse of a long-term relationship, and relocated to her native Cardiff, Wales, where lifelong friends and family live nearby. In the wake of her breakup, Le Bon was shoving away any instinct to write about it-in fact, she had an entirely different album in the works."
Cate Le Bon has built a distinctive musical world over 15 years, blending warped guitars, expansive synthesizers, and a steely vocal register. Her sound evolved from winsome freak folk to lush, towering art pop, reflecting influences like Bowie and John Cale, and earning production work with St. Vincent, Wilco, and Dry Cleaning. On Michelangelo Dying, Le Bon confronts pervasive heartbreak after a long-term relationship collapsed during nearly a decade in Joshua Tree and a return to Cardiff. Physical symptoms and resistance compelled her to write about the breakup, producing songs that mix mythic imagery with intimate surrender.
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