k.a. Cindy Lees 32-track masterpiece Diamond Jubilee is that sense of isolation made tangible. Lee an artist, drag performer and, back in the 2000s, a member of the short-lived Canadian band Women is Flegels self-proclaimed diva alter ego. When Lee posted Diamond Jubilee on their Geocities s
All throughout Diamond Jubilee, you hear familiarity strangely reimagined. Cindy Lee collects musical motifs that are taken for granted and sets a steady flame to them. Overdubbed guitarmonies, 60s girl group toplines and fuzzy, mid-century recording techniques melt in its heat. Some minds will trac
That the album is soon to be released on vinyl may change its meaning and our relationship to it irrevocably, but most people who first heard it through word of mouth or that 9.1 Pitchfork review wont hear Diamond Jubilee as sad, and that plays into Cindy Lees hand. They couch utter heartbreak in
