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| Album Rating: B+ |
Before we even begin to talk about the music, I’m happy to nominate
The Synthetic Love Of Emotional Engineering as an early contender for Most Bizarre Album Art of 2013: plenty of artists—more accurately, all of them—dabble in discussing sex, but Vicky Cryer’s going straight for the jugular from the beginning. (As we speak, I am turning my phone’s brightness down to its lowest level, lest anybody see the cover and suspect me of unscrupulous activities.) This candor isn’t just reflected in the album art, as it turns out. If
The 20/20 Experience is taking the pop spotlight at the moment,
The Synthetic Love Of Emotional Engineering is its drunk older brother, head in the toilet and wallet stocked with fresh singles to throw away at the bar. Much like that album, however,
The Synthetic Love Of Emotional Engineering is all about the ride: shimmering, grand, and unashamedly campy.
