Tracy Bonham - Blink the Brightest

You can't call Tracy Bonham prolific. Blink The Brightest is her first album release in five years and merely her third in a decade, which is slow even by modern standards. Whatever the reasons for the gaps between records, whether it's artistic inspiration or contractual complications, the delays are frustrating because Bonham gets better with each record, sounding more confident and adventurous with each subsequent album. She's still stuck in the alternative '90s, in terms of her attitude and aesthetic, and Blink The Brightest could have been released in 1996, the same year as her debut, The Burdens Of Being Upright. Read More