Despite the music box-delicacy of their sound, Azure Ray was full of barely-submerged emotion. They didn’t have to overexert themselves to betray the heartache and longing in their work: the music, their voices, and their moving lyrics all combined to tell us exactly what we needed to know, and nothing more
As transformation takes over and Pearl Charles' approach to creativity changes, Magic Mirror shines boldly and brightly as the testimony of an adulthood that didn't come at the cost of losing her spark of child-like enthusiasm.