Loaded Album of the week
By Fred Spanner
FKA twigs: EUSEXUA Afterglow ⭐⭐⭐⭐
EUSEXUA Afterglow hits like the hazy, neon-lit wobble of a 4 a.m. taxi ride home: half-dream, half-hangover, all attitude. Where the original EUSEXUA felt like a precision-engineered ascent into the heavens, this follow-up is the sweaty, indulgent comedown, dripping with late-night lust and bad decisions you’ll absolutely make again next weekend.
Twigs leans hard into club-floor hedonism: thumping 4/4 beats, warped vocals, and hooks sharp enough to carve graffiti into the bathroom mirror of your favourite dive.
What’s surprising is how brazenly fun it all is. Twigs has always been the queen of avant-gloom, but here she sounds like she’s kicked the emergency exit open and let the rave air hit her lungs. Tracks bounce between glitter-smeared pop and jagged techno, all tied together with her unmistakably strange, sensual swagger.
If EUSEXUA was the seductive invitation, Afterglow is the glorious aftermath, the messy, euphoric, slightly delirious place where good stories are born. It’s not always polished, but that’s the charm: it feels lived-in, a proper night out rather than a curated fantasy. And in a world obsessed with perfection, Twigs gives us something far better: a record that throbs, sweats, wobbles and shines, exactly like the best nights do.