On five seconds flat, Lizzy McAlpine hits the bulls-eye 14 times in a row.
McAlpine showcases her skill as a singer, songwriter and storyteller, making five seconds flat an excellent soundtrack to the universally relatable state of broken-heartedness.
We have the Phoebiest of Phoebe Bridgers at home. This album at points sounds identical to Phoebe. It starts off in a really unlikable way, and slowly strips things back in a nice way. It has a strong sense of story, but I do not like the overall songs on this album. Occasional beauty.
To me this record is alright.
I like the production quite a lot, but very little is done with it. I love the way the instruments sound real, and you can distinguish them, and it's not all loud sludge pumping in ... read more
this album feels like the initial caffeine rush after drinking iced coffee. idk how else to describe this and make it appealing enough. but this thing is FANTASTIC. improves upon all the ideas she put in place in her debut Give Me A Minute, and throws in a few other new ideas, and blends everything together seamlessly. this is truly a magical pop album.
Lizzy's ability with storytelling is phenomenal, her lyrics really capture the feelings and emotions of love, growing up and the different stages of heartbreak and moving on.
The short film really showed how amazing this album is, with all the visuals and metaphors really enhance the album.
I love storytelling albums, especially when each song becomes more and more relatable and you can imagine yourself within the lyrics.
This goes especially for the track 'reckless driving' with both ... read more
Finding myself returning to this album time and time again, I cannot describe five seconds flat as anything but brilliant. Lizzy McAlpine's vocals are simultaneously smooth and heavy. The production is incredibly engaging while allowing the lyrics to lay the impact they were so artfully created to do. Highlights of the album are chemtrails, firearm, and all my ghosts. The weakest tracks are weird and hate to be lame.
1 | doomsday 4:28 | 89 |
2 | an ego thing 2:50 | 80 |
3 | erase me 3:34 feat. Jacob Collier | 88 |
4 | called you again 3:12 | 83 |
5 | all my ghosts 3:17 | 85 |
6 | reckless driving 3:09 feat. Ben Kessler | 85 |
7 | weird 3:29 feat. Laura Elliott | 73 |
8 | ceilings 3:02 | 91 |
9 | what a shame 2:48 | 80 |
10 | firearm 3:02 | 85 |
11 | hate to be lame 2:36 feat. FINNEAS | 84 |
12 | nobody likes a secret 1:48 | 76 |
13 | chemtrails 3:57 | 83 |
14 | orange show speedway 3:46 | 85 |
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