By Gianna Morant – Staff Reporter

Beatrice Laus, under the artist name “Beabadoobee,” has recently released her fourth studio album named “Pylon.” Out of London, Laus began her music career at 17 with a feature on the hit song “Death Bed” by Powfu. After her sample in Powfu’s song gained traction, in 2018, she proceeded to sign with the independent label Dirty Hit, releasing early EPs and later releasing three albums with her latest being “This Is How Tomorrow Moves” up until her newest release. “Pylon” is a 41 minute album containing an astounding 14 songs. The album begins with her title track “Pylon” and ends with “Satellite.”

The title track “Pylon” begins with an almost somber sounding instrumental and soft vocals. The lyrics express a feeling of love but it sounds rather sad. The meaning behind the lyrics is that like a pylon, she has a connection to the one she loves even when she is somewhere far away. This is expressed through her lyrics like, “And when I’m somewhere/At least we’re connected/Like a pylon on an open road.” At the end of the song, there is over a minute of harsh instrumentals that combat the soft ones from before and it helps add character to the song.

Another song on the album, “Sun Has Set”, really showed just how versatile Beabadoobee is. This was also arguably the best song on the album. The instrumental of this song is leaning more towards rock than a lot of the songs on the album. This song comes after “Pylon” and due to such a change in sound and meaning, it sounds like “Sun Has Set” is challenging “Pylon” in a way. The song talks about the end of a relationship and absolute “hatred” and moreso, it talks about never being able to return to any form of civil relationship hence the term “sun has set” which acts as a phrase that means it’s too late now.

One more song that could compete for “best on the album” could be “In Motion.” This song begins with piano which, although there are softer sounding songs on the album, really tops the album for most different song. The meaning of the song dives into a deep topic of emotional overload and balancing between the edge and safety. 

Overall “Pylon” is a great album. Beabadoobee proves her ability to create vastly different songs of many topics. Between upbeat songs with somber lyrics like “Memories” or a song that delves into emotional stability and finding a spark in the dark like “Spark”. Beabadoobee really changes her sound and does not assign one feeling to an album. She also has two featured artists on her album consisting of Brendan Yates of Turnstile and Hayley Williams of Paramore that further shows how she changes her songs to blend with an emotion or in this case, different people. Beabadoobee has done it once again and this album might just be her best yet.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars