Sade Fox releases this beautiful new album, her deeply immersive “Thinking Backwards,” an 11-track journey that turns openness into art. Clocking in at just 36 minutes and 50 seconds, this project is a breathtaking journey through memories, self-discovery, and raw authenticity.
Fox’s signature vocal delivery is breathtaking, sewing raw emotion and undeniable intimacy through each song. Her voice darts between gentle whispers and grand crescendos, embodying the internal struggle of reliance and introspection. It is an album with tracks inviting listeners into a world of nostalgia and longing.
“Sugar” and “Blindfold” are among the album’s highlights and definitive moments of “Thinking Backwards.” “Sugar” bleeds with aching sweetness, lavishing lush melodies with haunting lyrics, while “Blindfold” swings with more of a dramatic arc, balancing vulnerability with a gripping intensity that lingers nicely.
With ”Thinking Backwards,” Sade Fox establishes herself as an artist who is not afraid to explore the bottomless depths of emotional effect, producing with this record a work that haunts as much as it devastates in its beauty.
