Mol Sullivan - A Little Hello (2023) Hi-Res

“For Sullivan, releasing A Little Hello feels a bit like purging the archives, since it is peppered with songs that remind her of times she might like to leave in the past. Many of the compositions are between four to seven years old, written on either side of a difficult transition to sobriety, one which frequently left her relationship to a music career—and even music at all—in question. In its finished version, though, A Little Hello still sounds vital, and doesn’t play like a grabbag compilation; it tells a sonically and narratively coherent story in its own right. Unlike Sullivan’s previous release (2013’s lo-fi compendium Winter ‘13), A Little Hello’s pop-minded production sparkles in headphones or on a nice pair of speakers—bright, lush, heavily layered.”