In terms of epic vision, the closest comparison has to be Janelle Monáe, an artist who demonstrated a similar quirky, manic fearlessness (and vocal soulfulness) on her breakthrough 2010 effort, The ArchAndroid. These songs are massive-slickly recorded and crammed to the brim with overdubs, as if the singer-producer was afraid to leave any sonic stone unturned. If Vows proves anything, it’s that Kimbra isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty. But Kimbra’s not exactly a newbie: Her solo debut album, 2011’s Vows, was a goldmine in both Australia and her home country-now the rest of us get a chance to catch up with this re-issued (and slightly re-adjusted) American version. If you’re a non-New Zealander, it’s likely your first brush with Kimbra euphoria came from the singer’s brief-yet-memorable cameo on Gotye’s lush break-up jam “Somebody That I Used To Know,” quite possibly the year’s most inescapable pop sensation. Kimbra Johnson is young (22), kinda-sorta sexy (not hating the Mary Tyler Moore hairdo) and blessed with both a genre-hopping musical sensibility and a hair-raising voice that swoons and soars straight to your deepest pleasure zones.
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