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The album shifts the narrative focus from the original hero Angus to his brother Adam McSix
and emotive guitar solos that pay tribute to their blues roots
allowing listeners to connect with the varying emotional landscapes presented
Melodrama October 1985 The New York TimesLordes Melodrama is her second studio album, released on June 16, 2017, and conceived as an intense, maximalist followup to the minimalist, hiphoptinged Pure Heroine. Coproduced primarily with Jack Antonoff, it leans into synthpop, art pop, and electropop built around piano melodies, pulsing synths, and dense, shapeshifting beats, with many tracks morphing through multiple sections (Sober, Hard Feelings Loveless, Supercut). Critics widely hailed it as