''An Overview on Phenomenal Nature'' is the second studio album by American musician
Cassandra Jenkins
Cassandra Jenkins is an American musician, singer and songwriter based in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Early life and education
Cassandra Jenkins was born into a musical New York family. Her parents played on cruise ships in the 1980s. She ...
. It was released on February 19, 2021, through
Ba Da Bing Records
Ba Da Bing Records is an American record label based in Brooklyn, New York. The name is derived from the saying "ba da bing, ba da boom", common among Italian-Americans, especially in New Jersey.
The label was founded in Leonia, New Jersey in 19 ...
.
Release
On January 5, 2021, Cassandra Jenkins announced the release of her second studio album.
On November 19, 2021, a series of demos and other recordings from the recording sessions entitled ''(An Overview on) An Overview on Phenomenal Nature'' was released.
Singles
The first single "Michelangelo" was released on January 5, 2021, alongside the announcement of the album.
The second single "Hard Drive" was released on January 20, 2021.
Music videos
On January 5, 2021, Jenkins released the first official music video for "Michelangelo" on YouTube.
The official music video for "Hard Drive" was released on Jenkins' official YouTube on January 21, 2021. It was edited and directed by Josh Goleman.
Cassandra Jenkins released the third music video "Crosshairs" on February 10, 2021. In a press release of the video, Jenkins explained "I wrote "Crosshairs" in the before times — not thinking about isolation. Listening to the song now, it reads more literally; I’ve never craved human interaction in the way I have over the course of the past year, and my experience of time has completely shifted. I decided to shoot this video over the weekend because I want to capture the snowy cityscape of New York in February 2021 and how my inner landscape feels in this moment — simultaneously miniscule and expansive."
Critical reception
''An Overview on Phenomenal Nature'' was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an
average
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score of 87 based on 9 reviews.
Aggregator website ''Album of the Year'' gave the release a 82 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 10 reviews.
In a review for
AllMusic
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, Timothy Monger gave high praise to the release, explaining "Five years after her debut album, Cassandra Jenkins returns with Overview on Phenomenal Nature, a stunning work of impressionistic connections, contradictions, and observations all stitched together into a web of graceful dream folk. Themes of loss and healing reverberate throughout the album, especially on the hushed "Ambiguous Norway" and the gorgeous standout "New Bikini," a pair of tracks in which
David Berman plays a significant role."
Accolades
Track listing
References
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2021 albums
Ba Da Bing Records albums