Froot will become her most acclaimed album, and the fact that she wrote and produce the whole album all by herself will make it even easier to get great reviews, they love that!!
With 2012’s collaboration-heavy Electra Heart having been hobbled by an identity crisis, the oddly titled Froot finds Marina Diamandis, aka Marina and the Diamonds, curtailing her eccentricities and pulling the focus inwards. Co-produced with David Kosten, it’s that rare thing; a cohesive pop album that doesn’t just rely on a couple of big singles. In fact, the lilting I’m a Ruin and the electro-tinged Blue aside, most songs take time to unfurl, the melancholy pace set by reflective opener Happy. Only the uncharacteristically bitter Better Than That feels out of place on a set steeped in introspection.
