![]() ![]() The short ballad “I Remember Her” is a beautiful tribute to Michaelson’s late mother, and shows tremendous restraint, allowing her voice to shine with just piano backing her up. Amazingly enough, with “Light Me Up” acting as a primer, those elements already seem so familiar that it feels like Michaelson has perfected this new twist on her own style, just with the album’s first two songs. Follow-up “Whole Lot of Heart” incorporates many of the same ideas, but executes them at a more even pace with a steadier flow and less buildup. Before you know it, the pounding bass beats of a drum machine come in and make it all seem bigger and more dramatic. ![]() Somber, haunting, yet sweetly sincere, it begins with classic Michaelson-a voice and some keys-before opening itself up into a massive chorus with the kind of soaring hook few are capable of. Opening track “Light Me Up” is a piano-driven slow-build fit for an introduction to something new. No, life’s curveballs don’t make sense at all. No, you’ve never heard electronic drum loops on a Michaelson album. That title is the guiding principal on Michaelson’s seventh album. While it may seem like a thematic mishmash, remember, it doesn’t have to make sense. ![]() This album has songs that empower, songs that will break your heart, songs that question personal strength and songs that will make you smile so hard that people around you will wonder why you’re so damn happy. With its blend of guitars, keys, string arrangements and even newly minted electronic programming, it has a little bit of everything Michaelson has done before-and a few things that she’s never done before. It Doesn’t Have to Make Sense is a rich, layered, multifaceted record that is just long enough to be considered an LP, but just short enough to keep on repeat for days at a time. While either one of those unfortunate circumstances could inform a musician’s work, both have allowed Michaelson to craft her strongest and most powerful album to date. Since the release of 2014’s Lights Out she’s seen her marriage end and has mourned her mother’s death. Ingrid Michaelson has had a tough couple of years. ![]()
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