''Blastoma'' is the second

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...

-born

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n-based singer

Ngaiire Ngaire Laun Joseph (born 1984, in Lae), known by her stage name Ngaiire (pronounced ''ny-ree'' or /naɪəriː/), is a Papua New Guinea-born Australian-based R&B and future soul singer-songwriter. Her musical career commenced in 2003 with an enrol ...

, released on 10 June 2016. The album is named

blastoma A blastoma is a type of cancer, more common in children, that is caused by malignancies in precursor cells, often called blasts. Examples are nephroblastoma, medulloblastoma, and retinoblastoma. The suffix ''-blastoma'' is used to imply a tumor ...

; a form of cancer Ngaiire battled at a young age. The album peaked at number 41 on the ARIA Charts.

Reception

Sosefina Fuamoli from The AU Review said "Ngaiire continues to explore a diverse musical palette on ''Blastoma'', incorporating gritty electronics with some well produced hints of trip-hop and of course, that soul-soaked R&B vocal throughout. She shifts between the glossy and the raw with skill, allowing the listener to access this sonic environment she’s meticulously established before coming at us fast with evocative lyricism and music that hits right to your core." Alex Watts from Beat Magazine commented on the spareness saying "with most tracks featuring Ngaiire’s voice prominent in the mix, and very simple electronic rhythmic and synth elements holding the tracks together." Tom Williams from Music Feeds said the album "speaks of emotional pain, but also physical stress — bodies breaking, bodies tearing, skin being shed — all against backdrops of ice, hard rock, lost faith and graves being dug" adding "''Blastoma'' shines when these themes and images are put up against harsh synths, belly-aching bass lines and rolling percussion."

Reception

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