Additional InformationSynths, strings, and power chords outweigh the distinctive guitar phrasing of 2018's Lush on Lindsey Jordan's breakup-and-recovery-themed follow-up.
Reviews4 stars out of 5 -- "With its amped-up pop choruses, refined sense of melody, and hints of everything from Blood Orange-inspired R&B to vintage mid-century torch balladry, VALENTINE, indeed, opens up entire new worlds of possibilities for her.", Included in Rolling Stone's "The 50 Best Albums of 2021" -- "It’s a fuller, clearer, and more forceful LP, though her writing remains as unnervingly mature and crushingly vulnerable as ever.", 5 stars out of 5 -- "VALENTINE embraces a rich palette of warm synthesisers, longing orchestral hums and gravelling folk.", "It's more to do with Jordan looking inward, writing clearly about what hurts, and allowing herself to heal.", "Lindsey Jordan’s pained voice on her debut album, 2018’s LUSH, crackled like dry tinder, on 2021 sophomore LP VALENTINE it is a fully realized blaze, multi-hued and emitting undeniable heat."