You get the sense that pretty much any style could be Ware’s if she commits to it, but for now it’s nice to hear her explore a level of sophistication as her star continues to rise.
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You get the sense that pretty much any style could be Ware’s if she commits to it, but for now it’s nice to hear her explore a level of sophistication as her star continues to rise.
For all its vulnerability, Tough Love is tenacious, too, brimming with R&B grooves and a whole lot of soul.
All in all, Ware has gone the correct route with Tough Love.
She imparts yearning with such controlled restraint and lightness of touch it’s sublime.
Where Devotion contained only three or four songs with big, traditional choruses, Tough Love is built on them.
Ware continues to express a multitude of emotions with superb elegance. The material, unfortunately, is on a lower plane.
Twinkly epic 'Cruel' is especially outstanding, while collaborations with Dev Hynes (‘Want Your Feeling’) and Miguel (‘Kind Of… Sometimes… Maybe’) save the latter half from drifting too far into languid MOR ballad territory.
Tough Love is a tour de force album, one that nails heartache with sophistication and class.
For the most part, it is an assured collection of songs that exudes the confidence of an artist at the peak of her powers.
A genuinely superior slice of small hours electro-pop.
It’s this confidence that really shines throughout the album. Ware’s vocals are at the forefront, no longer hidden amongst a cloud of heavy electronics.
It’s not an album that fights for your attention, but one that knows it doesn’t have to try.
Tough Love is an album that reveals itself gradually, reducing this ever-beguiling artist down to her essence, while offering ample opportunity for her to develop her technique.
It’s the most chart-friendly songs, such as the swaying Ed Sheeran co-write Say You Love Me--still whispery-smooth, but a bit more “there”--that immediately register; the rest of this intriguing album takes its time to blossom.
Tough Love relies more on gravitas, allowing more space for overly serious numbers like the Emile Haynie-produced “Pieces”. Sometimes sweetness works better.
It’s a record that masks its lack of content under swathes of super-hip production tics.
The only significant misstep on Tough Love is the plodding “Kind Of... Somtimes... Maybe,” which is just as hesitant and wishy-washy as its title suggests. In other words, it’s unlike the rest of Tough Love, which is sure-footed, propulsive, and breathtakingly confident.
You get the sense that pretty much any style could be Ware’s if she commits to it, but for now it’s nice to hear her explore a level of sophistication as her star continues to rise.
For all its vulnerability, Tough Love is tenacious, too, brimming with R&B grooves and a whole lot of soul.
All in all, Ware has gone the correct route with Tough Love.
She imparts yearning with such controlled restraint and lightness of touch it’s sublime.
Where Devotion contained only three or four songs with big, traditional choruses, Tough Love is built on them.
Ware continues to express a multitude of emotions with superb elegance. The material, unfortunately, is on a lower plane.
Twinkly epic 'Cruel' is especially outstanding, while collaborations with Dev Hynes (‘Want Your Feeling’) and Miguel (‘Kind Of… Sometimes… Maybe’) save the latter half from drifting too far into languid MOR ballad territory.
Tough Love is a tour de force album, one that nails heartache with sophistication and class.
For the most part, it is an assured collection of songs that exudes the confidence of an artist at the peak of her powers.
A genuinely superior slice of small hours electro-pop.
It’s this confidence that really shines throughout the album. Ware’s vocals are at the forefront, no longer hidden amongst a cloud of heavy electronics.
It’s not an album that fights for your attention, but one that knows it doesn’t have to try.
Tough Love is an album that reveals itself gradually, reducing this ever-beguiling artist down to her essence, while offering ample opportunity for her to develop her technique.
It’s the most chart-friendly songs, such as the swaying Ed Sheeran co-write Say You Love Me--still whispery-smooth, but a bit more “there”--that immediately register; the rest of this intriguing album takes its time to blossom.
Tough Love relies more on gravitas, allowing more space for overly serious numbers like the Emile Haynie-produced “Pieces”. Sometimes sweetness works better.
It’s a record that masks its lack of content under swathes of super-hip production tics.
The only significant misstep on Tough Love is the plodding “Kind Of... Somtimes... Maybe,” which is just as hesitant and wishy-washy as its title suggests. In other words, it’s unlike the rest of Tough Love, which is sure-footed, propulsive, and breathtakingly confident.
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