Alex Camerons newest and most musically expansive LP, the glistening Miami Memory, takes a surprising turn. Camerons flair for narrative and character are still on full display; yet Miami Memorys most frequent narrator is, for the first time, Cameron himself – singing with stunning candour of his three-year relationship with his girlfriend.

Though remnants of his synth-driven earlier work sneak in to unsettle the tone, the bulk of Miami Memory, produced by Jonathan Rado (Weyes Blood, Father John Misty) and recorded and mixed by Marta Salogni (Bjrk, Kelela), revels in the emotional overdrive of classic dad rock, its warm, anthemic songs driven by bass, guitar, sax, and layers of Vegas wedding chapelish organ.

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