Feelin Kinda Free
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90
There are still guitars, bass, drums, and keyboards, but they’re scrambled by technology and recast as free-flowing passages of cryptic texture. Yet the new approach proves surprisingly accessible, despite The Drones’ continued passion for abrasion.
80
Despite the subject matter and often funereal pace, it’s anything but a drag.
80
Much like the scrawled text on its cover, Feelin Kinda Free is rash, splintered and disarrayed - the recording is heavily overdubbed, swimming in strange atonal clutter and swells of menacing noise.
80
Australia's the Drones are back with their most instrumentally and lyrically dense album yet.
70
It's certainly not an upbeat listen, nor are its myriad regional allusions easy to parse for non-Australians, but it engages enough on a cerebral level that it's consistently intoxicating, even at its most lethal.
It’s in its haphazardly placed noisy notes that this art rock album grabs me. The biting lyrics are slightly rapped, the vocals are cool and expressive, and the lumbering pace has gravitas bringing awe to the expansive moments.
The noisy art rock record, "Feelin Kinda Free", is a well arranged mixed bag. The record is full of very solid high points, but is ultimately dragged down by what feels like filler songs, despite the album's humble length.
With this record, The Drones set out to build upon their own unique style. Songs such as "Private Execution" and "To Think That I Once Loved You", are perfect examples of the talent possesed by The Drones. Many of the songs range from being ... read more
With this record, The Drones set out to build upon their own unique style. Songs such as "Private Execution" and "To Think That I Once Loved You", are perfect examples of the talent possesed by The Drones. Many of the songs range from being ... read more
I really like Private Execution, Taman Shud, Boredom, and the end of Shut Down SETI. The rest.... meh.
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Year End Lists
| #3 | / | Double J |
| #7 | / | FasterLouder |
| #10 | / | Gigwise |
| #32 | / | The Needle Drop |
MISC LISTS
| #4 | / | FasterLouder (First Half) |
Track List
- Private Execution
- Taman Shud
- Then They Came for Me
- To Think That I Once Loved You
- Tailwind
- Boredom
- Sometimes
- Shut Down SETI
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Added on: February 11, 2016
