This Is How Tomorrow Moves [Red Vinyl]

by Beabadoobee

Overview

Bea Kristi's post-Beatopia projects hinted that Beabadoobee might be entering a new phase. Her tender 2023 Valentine's Day single "Glue Song" and the Laufey collaboration "A Night to Remember" suggested a more poised and reflective incarnation of her music was on the way, and This Is How Tomorrow Moves confirms that hunch. As befitting an artist who appeared on Taylor Swift's Eras tour and worked with producer Rick Rubin, Beabadoobee's third album is, musically and lyrically, her most mature to date. She makes both aspects immediately apparent on the slinky, self-aware opener "Take a Bite," which nods to vintage adult alternative sounds in its shuffling groove as Kristi acknowledges how tempted she is by self-destructive behavior -- and how she's not ready to break those patterns yet. She's just as transparent on "Girl Song," a painfully honest accounting of all her insecurities, and on "Tie My Shoes," where she connects her relationship troubles to her issues with father over glossy production that sounds light years away from her earlier work. Working with Rubin allows Beabadoobee to fully realize the different sounds she tried out on Beatopia. She gives her jazzy leanings more heft with the bossa nova rhythms of "A Cruel Affair" and the brushed drums and syncopated rhythms that back "Real Man"'s come-ons and putdowns. When she harks back to the '90s, her touchstone is Elliott Smith rather than Pavement or Sonic Youth, whether she invokes him directly on the wry closing track "This Is How It Went" or borrows his fondness for waltz rhythms and Beatlesque melodies on "Coming Home" and the domestic bliss of "One Time." Kristi still sounds amazing on the handful of tracks where she's in front of a swelling crest of guitars, like "Beaches," "California," and "Post," but it's clear that this sound is just one part of her music instead of the main event on This Is How Tomorrow Moves. Fortunately, it feels more like a continuation of her artistic restlessness than an effort to distance herself from her past, especially when forays into folk and country like "Everything I Want" and "Ever Seen" (which she wrote while touring with Swift) sound more winning and genuine than could've been imagined. Beabadoobee refuses to be boxed in as she grows as a woman and artist, and on This Is How Tomorrow Moves, she dares her listeners to keep up with her changes. ~ Heather Phares

Product Details

Release Date:	08/09/2024
Label:	Dirty Hit
UPC:	5060257964529
Rank:	1004

Tracks

1. Take A Bite
2. California
3. One Time
4. Real Man
5. Tie My Shoes
6. Girl Song
7. Coming Home
8. Ever Seen
9. A Cruel Affair
10. Post
11. Beaches
12. Everything I Want
13. The Man Who Left Too Soon
14. This Is How It Went

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Beabadoobee   Primary Artist
Abe Rounds   Drums,Percussion
Carmen Camerieri   Horn
Carla Azar   Percussion,Drums
Beatrice Laus   Guitar,Vocals
Luca Caruso   Drums,Keyboards,Percussion
Eliana Sewell   Bass
Jacob Bugden   Bass,Drums,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards
Benny Bock   Keyboards
Will Grafe   Guitar
Jason Larder   Bass

Technical Credits

Jack Manning   Mixing Assistant
Tyler Harris   Assistant Engineer
Ben Baptie   Mixing
Oli Jacobs   Mixing,Engineer
Samuel Burgess-Johnson   Design,Artwork
Fraser Latimer   Mixing Assistant
Joe LaPorta   Mastering
Fred Williams   Assistant Engineer
Joey Miller   Assistant Engineer
Chris Fraser   A&R
Jason Larder   Programming,Engineer
Rick Rubin   Producer
Beatrice Laus   Composer
Michael Nolasco   Engineer
Jacob Bugden   Engineer,Producer,Programming
Callum Waddington   Engineer
Chris Melian   Design,Artwork
Patricia Villirillo   Creative Director
Liv Painter   Assistant Engineer
Jozef Caldwell   Assistant Engineer
Jules Moskovtchenko   Photography