Teenage Menopause レコード& CD

Review: On Rosal, Luna Maria Cedron gently brings together the complex influences and facets of her existence, in a complex interweaving of Latin musicalities, ranging from Occitan lyrics, flamenco, and popular Venezuelan ballad styles. Using these structures as a starting point, Cedron gradually moves into an increasingly electronic palette, deploying everything from reggaeton to hybrid abstraction - this begins in a relatively limited fashion in the form of a drum machine backing up a slow flamenco song ('Rosal'), before gradating into more hard-driven bops towards the latter half. As if to convey an increasing defiance, the LP's uptick in trajectory matches the increasing theme of upset at its heart and a railing against the status quo.