Remi Wolf – Big Ideas (2024) [FLAC 24bit/48kHz]

Remi Wolf – Big Ideas (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 43:10 minutes | 563 MB | Genre: Pop, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Remi Wolf PS

Soul-pop force Remi Wolf releases her highly anticipated sophomore album, Big Ideas.
After two long years living in a constant state of touring and transition, Remi Wolf returns with her most grounded and self-realized LP yet. Inspired by and struggling with how transient her life had become, Big Ideas is the combination of those complexities into a slick, ambitious record that further solidifies her as one of the most exciting pop artists in a generation.Remi Wolf’s sophomore album, Big Ideas, delivers big on the promise of her first (2021’s Juno) and a handful of pretty great EPs—including We Love Dogs!, a remix collection featuring guests like Beck, Hot Chip, Sylvan Esso and Kimbra. While it’s possible to identify the Northern California singer-songwriter’s (who briefly competed on American Idol as an 18-year-old) influences, Wolf is also a breath of fresh air: living in her own delightfully weird bubble and making music that doesn’t sound exactly like anything else right now. R&B-flavored “Cinderella”—joyous with a playground-style chant (“Low tide, moon’s so bright/ Moving my hips from left to right/ My, my, check my phone/ Feel it in my belly when you’re driving home”), brassy horn blare and whistle blasts—is totally ready for a TV commercial or movie montage. “Cherries and Cream” is a dark, sludgy swirl with a neo-soul center, topped off with a dash of flute. Wolf is an intriguing songwriter, but the songs would only be half as enthralling without her big, charismatic voice. It’s wrapped in fuzz for “Kangaroo,” which finds her putting on a bratty affect à la classic British New Wave; there’s also an explosion of sax skronk for good measure. It’s gleeful fun, as is shiny, off-kilter “Frog Rock” and “Toro”—a feel-good-summer track with clicky beats, roller-disco bass and bright flashes of heat whenever Wolf totally cuts loose. Her emotions run high, too, on “Soup” which employs ’80s dance floor beats and synth (shades of Robyn here) as she wails, “I don’t want to live without you.” Wolf, who is open about her bisexuality, ADHD and alcohol struggles, sings songs about sex (the Snail Mail-esque “When I Thought of You”), her bike (old-school R&B love ballad “Motorcycle”) and making out at Chicago’s legendary venue Empty Bottle (“Cherries and Cream”). “Alone in Miami,” meanwhile, is evocative with references to crypto bros, cocaine, sushi and “playing DJ in the Escalade.” Pulled by a dark undertow and Wolf going emo throat-shredder, it’s an Instagram-versus-reality portrait of being young but unable to shake ennui. And the 28-year-old sounds so much younger on the unvarnished, Moldy Peaches-esque acoustic folk number “Just the Start”—then gets turned into a cartoon chipmunk for the disco goof “Slay Bitch,” which sounds like the song equivalent of the tongue-out-wink emoji. – Shelly Ridenour

Tracklist:

1-1. Remi Wolf – Cinderella (04:03)
1-2. Remi Wolf – Soup (03:33)
1-3. Remi Wolf – Motorcycle (02:46)
1-4. Remi Wolf – Toro (02:55)
1-5. Remi Wolf – Alone in Miami (02:41)
1-6. Remi Wolf – Cherries & Cream (04:26)
1-7. Remi Wolf – Kangaroo (03:54)
1-8. Remi Wolf – Pitiful (03:05)
1-9. Remi Wolf – Wave (03:49)
1-10. Remi Wolf – When I Thought Of You (02:39)
1-11. Remi Wolf – Frog Rock (03:45)
1-12. Remi Wolf – Just the Start (02:19)
1-13. Remi Wolf – Slay Bitch (Bonus Track) (03:08)

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