On the latest album from My Brightest Diamond, This is My Hand (Asthmatic Kitty), the group's charismatic, mysterious leader Shara Worden injects her brand of art-pop with a serious rhythmic bump, complementing the band's typically sophisticated arrangements with muscular, hard-hitting grooves. As usual, the core arrangements are built around layers of horns and strings, often delivering pulsing, minimalist patterns derived from contemporary classical music—several members of the new-music group yMusic, who collaborated with Worden on the previous MBD album All Things Will Unwind, reprise their roles here.…
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