ALBUM REVIEW: MAYA HAWKE – BLUSH

In the world of artistic legacies, there seems to be a constant contention about whether to embrace nepotism or run away from it. Francis Ford Coppola’s daughter Sofia followed her father into filmmaking, even after a disastrous acting turn in his own Godfather 3; his nephew Nicolas Kim Coppola took the other option, adopting the stage name Nicolas Cage so as not to influence casting directors. In music, it’s still surprising to remember that the indie-pop singer Frankie Cosmos’ parents are actors Kevin Cline and Phoebe Cates and that she wasn’t born in Brooklyn already fully-formed as the hipster lo-fi artist that she is today.