NEW YORK — Maggie Rogers wrote and recorded her new album, “Don’t Forget Me,” over five days last winter. The result is a record that Rogers calls “relaxed,” one that finds her “unguarded and present.” The mood is lighter than Rogers’ electric 2022 album “Surrender,” which was in many ways a release of pent-up pandemic energy — a collection of …
“Surrender,” by Maggie Rogers It’s all there in the title. From the bubblegum pop of “Want Want” to the soaring ballad “Begging For Rain,” the album consistently sparkles and, in a sign of Rogers’ increasing clout, includes contributions from Florence Welch, Jon Batiste and Mumford & Sons’ Ben Lovett. Rogers’ voice is unfettered, cascading — running wild like the animals …