Owen Pallett - Has A Good Home (Deluxe Edition) (2023) Hi-Res

Delicate vocal/violin/tapeloop indie pop from Owen Pallett, peripheral Arcade Fire member and string arranger for their landmark debut, Funeral. "Montreal may eat its young," says this record, but the kids up northward seem to be doing alright-- happy and supportive and teaming up in various combinations to crank out records at a rate that lets critics feel refreshingly useful. It's just the kind of scene, in fact, that'll give you a record like Final Fantasy's-- a solo-type project from Owen Pallett, who spends the bulk of his music-time playing and arranging strings for acts like the Hidden Cameras and the Rory Gilmore-approved Arcade Fire.