Miya Folick  - Erotica Veronica

Returning for her third full-length outing, with ‘Erotica Veronica’ Miya Folick has delivered a record that’s equal parts haunting, spectral folk-pop and anthemic, guitar-drenched heft. A cathartic sonic exorcism, it duels between the melancholy and the empowering, showcasing Miya’s ability to switch from tender and serene to grungy power pop. Take the saccharine opener ‘Erotica’, which serpentines between indie rock and folk; the synthpop richness of ‘La Da Da’; or the impassioned war cry of ‘The Fist’. Elsewhere, ‘Hypergiant’ offers delightful dream-pop, and ‘Love Wants Me Dead’ sees Miya pair a vocal roar with a gigantic, classic rock guitar solo. This stylistic back-and-forth not only prevents the record falling into monotony, but also serves to highlight the depth and complexity of Miya’s songwriting. Most crucially, at no point does the record sound anything other than colossal.