Album Review: Midnight Sister- Painting The Roses

Painting The Roses is the second full-length studio album by Californian Duo Midnight Star. It was released on January 15, 2021. Midnight Sister, multi-disciplinary LA artists Juliana Giraffe and Ari Balouzian make motion pictures. Yes, sometimes with moving images but most often only with the music, they create together. 'Painting the Roses' is a story told through the looking glass, one where we examine ourselves in a funhouse mirror but find clarity in its twists. Giraffe traveled to visit family in Argentina during the making of the album and reconnected greatly with that part of her family history, art, and culture.  a subtly baroque pop mixture of art pop with amazing arrangements, It has a slow, sweltering surf-tango to it, like Dick Dale doing Carlos Gardel. And even though the song was inspired by Giraffe's reconnection with Argentina, Glam antics and dark disco dramatics, it's a beautiful thing to see the artistic descendants of Kate Bush and David Bowie still in the conversation of concept pop compositions, This is such an interesting album with many different styles melted together too offer a thoroughly unique experience. I rate this album 10/10.