The Sublime Christine McVie

Christine McVie’s music is not easy listening. Her sound, yes, is often gentle. A classic McVie jam carries you across each beat of a steady 4/4 with a moody, shimmering synth and the consoling voice of an angel. “Over and Over,” from Fleetwood Mac’s 1979 album, Tusk, was the only thing that calmed me down at night at the height of the pandemic lockdown — not because the song was such a lullaby, but because its desperate repetitiveness felt true. True consolation is always hard won. If a Christine McVie song is open hearted, it’s in the way that feels wet and beating and quivering.