FKA twigs's third album is a "dark but not sad" mixture of industrial techno and streaming-friendly pop, resulting in a sound that adds an accessible sheen to club production and calls to mind Madonna's Ray Of Light. The Madonna influence can be found in the Eusexua credits, too, with producer Stuart Price contributing to both "Perfect Stranger" and the excellent closer "Wanderlust." Those songs form a constellation of songs positioning twigs as refreshed and forward facing. Throughout Eusexua she sounds liberated, be it revelling in pleasure ("Room Of Fools") or making Earth turn on its axis ("Girl Feels Good").
A cameo appearance from North West ("Childlike Things") is a curious diversion but overall Eusexua represents twigs at her most accessible, sounding happier than ever before and jockeying for position in the main pop girl contest.
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