Overview
- Tori Amos has issued her 18th studio album, In Times of Dragons, a piano-led set that spans 17 songs.
- At the album’s center is the 'Lizard Demon,' which Amos describes as an amalgam of real, powerful predatory men.
- Her daughter, Natashya Hawley, co-wrote and sings on several tracks after sharing recordings of their earlier piano jams that sparked the writing.
- Reviews spotlight themes of silencing and resistance, from the opener 'Shush' to an 'Ode to Minnesota,' with one lyric quoting Peter Thiel’s line about democracy.
- Recorded in Cornwall, the record threads mythic figures through long-standing Amos motifs, and she is discussing it in interviews ahead of a European tour.