Infinite Worlds (album)

Kevin Lozano of Pitchfork defined Infinite Worlds as a "victorious...inimitable take on DIY indie rock."[2] AllMusic's Tim Sendra made note of several genres across the record, spanning "electro folk ("Fear & Force"), surging punk pop ("Minneapolis"), and strangled post-punk ("100 Years") to waltzing indie pop ("Cleaning House") and drifting ambient electronic pop ("Mal a L'aise")."[7]

The first track, "The Embers" was originally titled "Sharks". Lozano likened its sound to that of indie rock trio Built to Spill and art punk / indie rock octet Modest Mouse, noting its "anthemic steady guitars and booming drums" as hallmarks.[2]

The third track, "Fear & Force", contains backing vocals from fellow musician Greta Kline, known for her bedroom pop / indie pop project Frankie Cosmos. Exclaim's Max Mohenu defined it as a "wistful acoustic jam that ascends into lush synth flutters, brushing elbows with grungy reverb and steady kick drums on occasion."[8]

"Mal a L'aise", the fourth track, is sung completely in vocalist Laetitia Tamko's native French, one of the languages spoken in her birth country of Cameroon. Deeming the track as "one of the most interesting tracks" on Infinite Worlds, Lazeno dubbed it "guazy, ambient pop, not unlike the Cocteau Twins" and "a sound collage made of a spectral chorus of voices, processed and multiplied." Later, he noted it as "almost close to new age," comparing it to the music of Grouper and Harold Budd.[2] Mohenu described it simply as "atmospheric pop."[8]

In the opinion of Pitchfork's Kevin Lozano, the record "is an album interested in grappling with seemingly intractable and very personal questions about sharing space, finding a home, and fostering community in a world that can be caustic to those very actions."[2]

The record has also drawn comparisons to A Seat at the Table, the lauded third studio album by singer-songwriter and record producer Solange, though that record was rooted in significantly more neo soul and R&B territory musically.

The A.V. Club's David Anthony, who gave Infinite Worlds his website's highest rating in his review, wrote "in many ways, Infinite Worlds plays like a more compact version of Solange's masterpiece."[9] Mohenu finished his review writing, "Much like Solange's A Seat at the Table, Infinite Worlds offers several platforms for Tamko to navigate blackness, personhood, love and safe spaces on her own terms."[8]

According to the record's Bandcamp page.[1]

• Laetitia Tamko – lead vocals, bass guitar, drums, guitars, synths
• Casey Weissbuch – drums
• Dominick Anfiteatro – bass guitar
• Elaiza Santos – additional vocals
• Elise Okusami – drums
• Eric Littman – additional vocals (4)
• Eva Lawitts – bass guitar
• Greta Kline – additional vocals (2)

• Laetitia Tamko – producer
• Christopher Daly – engineer, mixer, producer
• Jamal Ruhe – mastering