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You can't help but feel both\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eenlivened and exposed as it's aberrant synth lines, artful strings\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand disfigured guitars swell into larger-than-life crescendos,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewhich evoke a divine yet probing spotlight.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePascal Stevenson, the Los Angeles-based musician behind\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFashion Club, likens the experience of hearing A Love You\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCannot Shake to staring into the sun, and though the record\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewasn't written with religion in mind, it's heavenly sonics and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eemotional sagacity also make it feel like a prophetic encounter.\u003cspan\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe album was shaped by Stevenson's gender transition and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esobriety journey and parses her fluid emotions surrounding\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethese events and other personal trials and tribulations. But as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emuch as it's a dialogue between Stevenson's current and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eformer selves, it's also an invitation for listeners to join her in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe work of discarding bitterness and re-centering hope,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eespecially when such efforts feel futile. Musically, A Love You\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCannot Shake is an unshackling of expectations, as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eStevenson's previous stint as bassist in the L.A. post-punk\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoutfit Moaning and her first record as Fashion Club, 2022's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eScrutiny, didn't necessarily reflect the full range of her taste,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewhich includes ambient, pop, classical and dance music, or\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eembody her sensitive tenderness and femininity.\u003cspan\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eA Love You Cannot Shake also thrives on a fluid sonic palette.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe album's magnetic immersiveness hinges on it's strange\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edynamic shifts, jagged production and ambitious song\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estructures with parts that don't repeat-choices influenced by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eher love of left-field electro-pop and her classical music\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebackground. 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