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Jessy Lanza’s All The Time was a long distance adventure between New York and Hamilton, showcasing her charm and wit in crafting effortless dance pop grooves. Now Lanza makes the journey west to Los Angeles, with her latest album Love Hallucination documenting all the anxiety and confidence that comes with yet another bold move in her career. Robust and sweet in equal measure, the pining drama and intimacy of love songs are combined with woozy, hallucinatory electronics in another round of extroverted, sparkling, and bubbling productions.

‘Don’t Leave Me Now’ enters the album with a cut up yet propulsive house rhythm, strutting alongside a slinky bassline and inducing motion while watery synths diffuse across the track. While the lyrics may come from a place of desire or desperation, they’re woven into an upbeat and sunny world, much like the downtrodden, catchy themes of ‘Midnight Ontario’ set to crisp two step rhythms, with glossy, glitchy flourishes framing Lanza’s range of smoky and airy vocals.

The rest of Love Hallucination traces a similar path: raw feeling fashioned into irresistible dance music. ‘Casino Niagara’ is a breathy synth funk number, its sly pacing allowing woozy chords to saunter and drip with a digital lustre. The beats on ‘Don’t Cry On My Pillow’ stomp or slam like doors, with imperative and self-assured lyrics amidst fragmented vocal edits. ‘I Hate Myself’ is a standout introspective moment, where a despondent mantra slinks around far-reaching, glittery production: slippery synth chirps, syrupy wonky bass, and skittering rhythms.

Love Hallucination shows Jessy Lanza as a premier pop artist, merging honest emotion with infectious dance rhythms.