Her voice is vulnerable and reflects the song’s nostalgic and personal story.
Del Rey can hardly reach the high soprano notes during the chorus creating an “imperfect” but authentic sound. The lyrics even suggest that the singer wants to go back to a simpler and more carefree life: “ Summer, summer’s almost gone / We were talking about life, we were sitting outside ’til dawn / But I would still go back / If I could do it all again, I thought”. It appears that Del Rey deeply cherishes and appreciates those memories as they are characterised by youthful naivety and optimism. The first song of the eleven-track album called ‘White Dress’ remembers Del Rey’s life as a waitress at 19. In an interview with Mojo Del Rey hints that this album is more intimate and raw than her previous ones by saying: “It wasn’t so much that I thought the songs fantastically fit together with like seamless, sunkissed production – but you know, there’s a life lived in there.” It's On An Entirely Different Page Than The Club-ready Remixes Of Her Earlier Material, But With Chemtrails Over The Country Club, Del Rey Shows Her Softest Moments Can Be Her Most Powerful." AMG Review By Fred Thomas.For her seventh studio album ‘Chemtrails over the Country Club’, American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey dives deep into her past and reminisces about her life before she became famous. The Track Is A Perfect Closer For An Album That Further Advances Del Rey's Evolution From A Constructed Pop Persona To A Complex Artist. The Opening Lines Of "Dance Til We Die" Refer To "Covering Joni" And The Next Song Is A Pristine Cover Of Joni Mitchell's Ladies Of The Canyon Classic "For Free," With Vocal Contributions From Weyes Blood And Zella Day. "Wild At Heart" Includes One Of Several Moments Where She Alters Her Phrasing To Fit Extra Lyrics Into A Single Line, Wondering Aloud About What Would Happen If She Escaped Her Music Career For A More Frivolous Existence. There Are More Tendencies Toward Ghostly Folk, As With The Acoustic Guitars And Bongos Of "Yosemite" Or The Lonely, Drifting Strumming Of "Not All Who Wander Are Lost." Del Rey Experiments With Expanding The Depths Of Her Long-established Persona, Occasionally Breaking The Fourth Wall With Overtly Personal Lyrics. While Nfr! Also Had A Restrained Approach, There Were Multiple Moments Of Accessible Pop In The Moody Cover Of Sublime's "Doin' Time" And The Classic Rock Grandeur Of "The Greatest." There's Barely A Hint Of That Here, With The Booming Bass And Steady Drum Loop Of "Dark But Just A Game" Being The Closest Chemtrails Gets To Pop Production. The Title Track Is Similarly Sad And Subdued, With Willfully Trite Lyrics About The Slow Passing Of An Idyllic Summer Pushed Forward By A Dark, Simmering Instrumental. In The First Moments Of The Album, Del Rey Delivers Surreal And Devastatingly Sad Commentary On The Brutal Machinery Of The Music Industry And The Sinister Side Of Her Own Journey With Fame, All Deftly Disguised With Lyrics About Remembering Simpler Days Spent Listening To The White Stripes And Talking All Night With Friends. On The Surface, The Song Appears To Be A Simple Nostalgic Reflection, But The Introduction Of Each New Instrument Adds Tension And Uneasiness, Shifting The Emotional Undercurrents. "White Dress" Opens With Spare Piano And A Drawn-out Vocal Line, And Slowly Adds Nearly Imperceptible Layers Of Sound As It Goes On.
Del Rey Again Pairs With Jack Antonoff For Production, And The Duo Map Out Every Song With Slowly Evolving Subtleties. This Puts Her Layered Self-harmonizing In The Forefront Of Most Songs, And Also Makes Room For Colorful Smears Of Laid-back '70s-style Lead Guitar Or Delicate, Jazz-informed Touches. Much Like Its Predecessor, The Arrangements On Chemtrails Are Toned Down, Keeping The Rhythmic Elements Minimal If They Show Up At All. With Seventh Album Chemtrails Over The Country Club, Del Rey Shakes Off The Cocoon Of Her Slick Pop Days Completely, Continuing The Nuanced Songwriting And Hushed Perspectives Of Nfr! And Turning In Her Most Atmospheric Set Of Songs To Date. "Lana Del Rey's 2019 Album Norman Fucking Rockwell! Represented A New Level Of Artistry, As The Singer Moved Further From The Disaffected Hollywood Starlet Persona Of Her Early Recordings Into Something More Restrained, Subtle, And Mature. This Never Came Sealed Housed In A PVC Envelope-Style Outer Sleeve. 2021 Limited Edition Picture Disc Pressing.
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