Queenie – Pleasance (Clear vinyl)

Queenie’s sophomore album, Pleasance, is a record of striking depth and quiet authority.

Traversing a rich terrain that moves from lush pop into expansive alternative rock, the album is anchored by Queenie’s voice, which oscillates between power and restraint with deliberate precision. There is a density to the record, layers that reveal themselves slowly, harmonies that fold in on themselves, recalling the mechanical vocoder layering of Imogen Heap whilst retaining very human harmonies found in the 1960s Wall of Sound. Within this, there are also softer, pastoral moments where Queenie draws from a distinctly British folk lineage, her quieter passages echoing the spectral intimacy of Sandy Denny, allowing space, air, and fragility to surface.