Rex Orange County: Who Cares? review – sad boy-next-door plays it gratingly safe

(Sony)Alex O’Connor has a knack for melody, but his unrelenting self-absorption leaves the resulting songs feeling flat and thinIt takes exactly 31 seconds from the start of his third album for Alex O’Connor to inform listeners that he’s feeling both stressed and “so depressed”. Those familiar with O’Connor’s oeuvre as … Read entire story.

Source: Music | The Guardian