“There’s a secret in me I will never tell,” Allie X, a.k.a. Alexandra Hughes, sings on “Galina,” a track from her third studio album, Girl with No Face. Indeed, the artist maintains a certain mystery throughout the album’s 11 songs, and the title track subtly reveals the intention behind this decision: “I’m the girl with no face/You could learn a thing or two/Then you’re gonna thank me/Say ‘You look familiar, who are you?’”
Hughes is singing from the perspective of a ghost avenging dead artists who fell victim to the toxicity of the industry, and she continues to channel this character—as well as her myriad influences—throughout Girl with No Face. Hughes’s classically trained voice helps aid her shapeshifting: Her vocal runs on “Truly Dreams” are strikingly reminiscent of Kate Bush, while the bright, energic hook of “Black Eye” nods to early Madonna.
Hughes is singing from the perspective of a ghost avenging dead artists who fell victim to the toxicity of the industry, and she continues to channel this character—as well as her myriad influences—throughout Girl with No Face. Hughes’s classically trained voice helps aid her shapeshifting: Her vocal runs on “Truly Dreams” are strikingly reminiscent of Kate Bush, while the bright, energic hook of “Black Eye” nods to early Madonna.
- 2/19/2024
- by Dana Poland
- Slant Magazine
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