AJ Sadauskas<p>Overall, a really strong album by Alessia Cara.</p><p>Undeniably, Alessia is a strong lyricist and songwriter, with a very soulful voice.</p><p>Unfortunately, one of the things that dragged down In the Meantime and TPOG for me is that Alessia can have a tendency to be over-reliant on slow/acoustic ballads. </p><p>What I like about Love and Hyperbole is that there's a good balance between uptempo tracks and ballads.</p><p>And on those slower tracks, there's enough happening in terms of production, or a big chorus, or a build towards a big final chorus, to keep things interesting.</p><p>So a really strong first impression for this new album.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Alessia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alessia</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AlessiaCara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlessiaCara</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NewMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewMusic</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NewRelease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewRelease</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Album" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Album</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Review" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Review</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AlbumReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlbumReview</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Alternative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alternative</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/PopMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PopMusic</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Pop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pop</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Songs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Songs</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SingerSongwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingerSongwriter</span></a></p>