Kevin Bronson on January 17th, 2021

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Check out these full-lengths from L.A. artists, all of which were released Friday:

PEARL CHARLES, “Magic Mirror”

Who is Pearl Charles? Like her 2018 debut “Sleepless Dreamer,” “Magic Mirror” doesn’t reveal much beyond a lovelorn singer who sails competently and comfortably through a lot of ’70s soft-rock styles. Here’s what a legion of Boomers had on that cassette tape they played in the car on the way to the big U.S. Bicentennial fireworks display.

WILD, “Goin’ Back”

After a slew of singles and EPs dating back to 2015, the folk-pop trio of Lauren Luiz, Tyler Thompson and Zach DeGaetano batch-process their almost irrationally feel-good anthems into their first long-player, “Goin’ Back.” Packed with girl/boy harmonies, euphoric choruses and a downright stubborn optimism, WILD’s Pollyanna pop can be exhausting over 13 tracks, but there’s no question that any handful of them could turn your frown upside down.

MIDNIGHT SISTER, “Painting the Roses”

The second album from visual artists/musicians Juliana Giraffe and Ari Balouzian, “Painting the Roses” offers an often-confounding bricolage of styles and ideas, almost all of them undercooked. But intrepid spirits will want to follow the duo’s idiosyncracies beyond “Wednesday Baby,” “Foxes” and “Satellite.”