Dodie, Building A Problem

With 1.94 million followers and 341million views on her Youtube channel, English singer/songwriter Dodie has build quite a following over the past decade. While she has released a number of EP's and plenty of music over the same period of time, she had never released a proper studio album. Now, after a decade, she has. 

Dodie's music has always served as a kind of window into her head. She has also been quite vocal otherwise with her thoughts, feelings, and personal life struggles, including depression. On Building A Problem, Dodie continues to share it all, but in a new and more intimate way. It's as though she left her diary open on the table for all to read and then crafted music and arrangements that are inviting and sparse to draw you in closer, but never get in the way of her words. She wants you to know it all. In this regard, it is the album's 'voyeuristic undertones' (LTBF's) that separates Building A Problem from her past works. 

I will admit that I found myself drawn into Building A Problem and then unable step away until after I had a few listens. It's a wonderfully crafted album and I thoroughly enjoyed it.