Formerly Antony (of Antony and the Johnsons), Anohni here fully embraces her femininity and leaps straight into brittle and often dazzlingly appropriate electronica from Hudson Mohawke and Oneohtrix Point Never.
And - still often deploying that gorgeously aching, soulful voice - becomes more overtly political than she has been previously.
Obama offers a darkly declamatory litany of the disreputable legacy of the outgoing president (Guantanamo, drones attacks etc) from one who was a Barack cheerleader and early supporter; the bouncy pop of Execution is skewered by the lyrics ("Execution, it's an American dream"); 4 Degrees addresses climate change over urgent, apocalyptic and strident drums and horns ("I want to see this world boil, it's only four degrees") and Drone Bomb Me invites a similarly end-of-days martyr's vision ("I want to die . . . explode my crystal guts").
This is emotionally and musically powerful stuff which both repels and embraces, and succeeds by virtue of the angry, sometimes heartbroken sincerity of her sentiments and delivery.
