Part 1 Better: Zooskool Strayx The Record

If there鈥檚 a critique to lodge, it鈥檚 that the record鈥檚 aesthetic choices sometimes verge on coyness. The tendency to favor texture over resolution means some songs leave you wanting a clearer emotional payoff. But that pull toward incompletion also mirrors the album鈥檚 central thrust: a work in progress striving to be better, admitting its flaws along the way.

If there鈥檚 a critique to lodge, it鈥檚 that the record鈥檚 aesthetic choices sometimes verge on coyness. The tendency to favor texture over resolution means some songs leave you wanting a clearer emotional payoff. But that pull toward incompletion also mirrors the album鈥檚 central thrust: a work in progress striving to be better, admitting its flaws along the way.