Euphoric – Georgia ★★★½

Year	Album	Artist	Stars	Score	Genre
2023	Euphoric	Georgia	★★★½	70	Pop	Indie Pop	Dance-Pop

Euphoric is a perfectly manicured, synth-driven album of mid-tempoed dance-pop tracks.

Georgia brings the charm and best electronic elements from the indie pop acts of the early 2010 like Robyn, Lorde and Chvrches, and mixes them with some modern, mainstream dance trends.  It’s not exceptionally groundbreaking, and despite the personal songwriting there isn’t too much depth lyrically, but every song’s fun, well put together and a joy to listen to. 

The two lower-energy songs — “Keep Going” and “So What” — are probably the album’s weak points, and both tracks coming near the very end of the album stalls things a bit near the finish line. But these softer moments — as well as the opening two tracks — do let Rostam Batmanglij’s production shine through, with ethereal strings and synth in the distance and Vampire Weekend-styled piano melodies sprinkled in. At 36 minutes, the album is a breeze even with the slight slow down.