Krystal

"Krystal" - the second album from Matt Maltese - is a breakup record. But it's also so much more than that. It's a reckoning with self, a mental stock check, a re-evaluation and a shedding of an old skin. It's an unafraid step into understandably terrifying territories; one that sees a young artist doubling down on certain elements of the personality he emerged with a few years ago and parting with those that no longer fit. All it took was a bit of alone time.