Norman F---ing Rockwell - Lana Del Rey; Out Today

Lana just dropped her best album to date. Lana forgoes the sounds of her previous two albums that were rife with collaborations and goes back to the whimsical, gloomy, psychedelic piano tunes that made her famous. This time with guitar! All of the singles are fantastic and have been out for a bit now, so most are probably familiar with them. The standout non single for me is California.

Despite the vibe the album gives off, lyrically this has to be Lana's happiest album yet. More than once on the album she combats the notion that she is a walking hourglass dripping with sadness ("You took my sadness out of context"). She laments for the culture of the past while still celebrating aspects of Americana culture that she has been adjoined to for so long now. Surprisingly, this is a non political album. She is a vocal Trump critic, but didn't succumb to the powers that be. The closest she gets to a political statement is a knock on Kanye West. The American flag flies high on the album art.