070 Shake's debut album is an excellent contribution to the evolving and converging electronic and pop landscapes.
070 Shake didn’t throw together a project just to capitalize on the attention she’d generated from her early consigns. Instead, she took her time, creating a project that shows how much she absorbed between then and now; in fact, Modus Vivendi is the marrow she sucked out of her experience.
Modus pulsates with an infectious vibrancy and scintillates with bittersweet sentimentalism.
While not every idea feels as fleshed out, Modus Vivendi teases a talented artist trying something genuinely new.
The heavy-hearted G.O.O.D. Music debut from the young singer is a refreshingly new take on eclectic, lovesick soul music.
At its best, Modus Vivendi feels like a pop answer to astral fantasies like Drexciya’s Grava 4 or Oneohtrix Point Never’s Returnal. But for much of its runtime, it’s disappointingly earthbound.
While Shake occasionally excels at crafting musical gems out of dark paranoia, her themes are stretched somewhat thin over the course of the whole record and on some tracks she ends up sounding listless.
070 Shake's debut album delivers a futuristic fusion of art pop and rap, but falls short on the songwriting front.
This is a pretty good debut! Shakes’s voice is soothing and honestly a bit abrasive, she reminds me of a toned down Jessie Reyez. Unfortunately the lyrics are well... they’re passable but honestly i didn’t find it toooo interesting in that department. I can look past that shortfall because of the production which is just incredibly unique and futuristic as hell. All in all I am very excited to see what she does next!
I was pretty excited to check this album out considering 070 Shake's incredible contributions to some of 2018's Wyoming albums from G.O.O.D Music, and now that I've heard her debut album I gotta say, this is actually really good! I really liked the futuristic and synth-heavy production, and it adds to the feel of the somewhat futuristic sound of the album. It's essentially R&B in let's say, the year 2096, is how I would describe it. Her voice fits the aesthetic really well, and I found ... read more
Probably one of the best albums with Pop elements i've ever heard. Good one.
Favourite Tracks:
Morrow
Guilty Conscience
Divorce
Rocketship
Microdosing
Under the moon
1 | Don't Break the Silence 1:44 | 75 |
2 | Come Around 1:36 | 77 |
3 | Morrow 4:06 | 86 |
4 | The Pines 3:33 | 80 |
5 | Guilty Conscience 3:33 | 88 |
6 | Divorce 3:39 | 71 |
7 | The Ebonys - It's Forever 0:17 | 70 |
8 | Rocketship 3:04 | 75 |
9 | Microdosing 3:39 | 77 |
10 | Nice to Have 3:52 | 75 |
11 | Under the Moon 3:27 | 81 |
12 | Daydreamin 2:48 | 76 |
13 | Terminal B 5:30 | 77 |
14 | Flight319 3:21 | 79 |
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