Kitty Empire 

Nite Jewel: One Second of Love – review

Ramona Gonzalez's eclectic influences shouldn't add up – but somehow they do, writes Kitty Empire
  
  


Like last year's rising underground star Zola Jesus, Nite Jewel (Ramona Gonzalez) is a philosophy graduate making arresting electronic pop. Unlike Zola Jesus, Gonzalez eschews the dark side for something glossier. On One Second of Love, her second album, the 80s funk-pop of the title track meets the warped R&B of "She's Always Watching You" in the psychedelic circles of Ariel Pink, a bandmate of her husband's. This swirl of influences shouldn't work, but often does, and Gonzalez's voice suits these aerated exercises. Over the course of an album, though, she tries out warped folk ("Unearthly Delights") and dubstep ("No I Don't"), a versatility that hasn't quite settled into a cogent direction.

 

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