Short n’ Sweet

by

Sabrina Carpenter

Honestly was impressed by this record (like everyone else said, thanks Jack Antonoff for taking Sabrina to the next level). I think she can successfully venture into other pop adjacent genres like the country hit “Slim Pickins” and disco/new wave gems “Bed Chem” and “Juno”. However, it also made this album a little too scatterbrained that it lost out on points for cohesive vision. Additionally, the songwriting did feel bland or predictable on about a third of the record (i.e. “Dumb & Poetic”, “Don’t Smile” and “Sharpest Tool”). It felt more like a collection of songs, albeit mostly smart, witty, high quality pop songs.