Joanna Wang

• Modern Tragedy [New Tokyo Terror Music, 2018] B+

Consumer Guide Reviews:

Modern Tragedy [New Tokyo Terror Music, 2018]
Delivered in a strikingly delicate alto, this TikTok-ish songlet cycle has a knock for switching back on itself as it does skillful structural work elaborating that most received of concepts, true love. Homely details surface: he hands her a pair of scissors points first, she spills milk on the pajama pants he loaned her, she finds the money he left. After all this static, will a happy ending come to envelop their "bittersweet goodbyes"? Probably not. But Wang's account remains so flavorsome that only a cynic would rule out the possibility much less assume there won't be another chapter sometime. B+