Lana Del Rey has done it again. Her new album, Honeymoon, is an exquisite mash up of the styles found in her previous albums, Born To Die and Ultraviolence. The mood is not as dark as it was in Ultraviolence, but it uses the same instruments that set UV apart from Born To Die. Del Rey references David Bowie’s “Major Tom” in the bridge of “Terrence Loves You” while she closes the album with her cover of Nina Simone’s “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood.” Overall, Honeymoon tells a story of a tormented love through Del Rey’s incredible range of vocals and choice of diction.
– By Eva Willauer