That a record so dark and ripe with nuance can also harbour such blatant pop sensibility belies the duo’s young age while serving as a testament to their rampant eccentricities.
The more you listen to this record, the more it impresses you, even if their name is downright awful.
Not everything works, and the second side maybe gets bathed in one too many foggy organ dirges, but I, Gemini is like the chorus subject in weirdo-pop single of the year “Eat Shiitake Mushrooms”: Never invincible, but never predictable.
At times, Hollingworth and Walton's freewheeling experimentation gets a little too chaotic, but I, Gemini is an adventurous debut filled with moments of surprising beauty and humor.
Their debut LP may be underpinned by the exuberance of youth, but the U.K. duo's inventive sonic range—including massive gyrating synths, tender glockenspiel chimes, and even a spot of (perhaps ill advised) rhyme spitting—points to unexpectedly ripened ears.
I, Gemini is an exorcism of youth, pointing at grandma’s history and consuming it, an echo of pop’s past and an ahistorical shriek of arrival.
What an absolutely fantastic debut album from two so young. I will be following these guys from this point onwards. They sounded a little like Bjork at times and have an exciting progressive sound.
Interesting.
Essential Track - Rapunzel
Pretty good music to chill to. Found it through the cyberpunk song (don't judge me please). I liked shitake mushrooms and the ukelele song at the end.
I don't know what to say about this album other than it's so adorable and fun. The artists behind Let's Eat Grandma were so young when this was released, and yet it's such a unique and entertaining project. Sure, some of the intros last too long and a couple songs overstay their welcome, but the instrumentals are amazing and the vocals are eccentric and unpredictable. I want to cuddle and watch Netflix with "Eat Shiitake Mushrooms"; it's such a cute song, I particularly love the ... read more
1 | Deep Six Textbook 5:39 | 93 |
2 | Eat Shiitake Mushrooms 6:12 | 93 |
3 | Sax in the City 4:54 | 92 |
4 | Chocolate Sludge Cake 6:36 | 87 |
5 | Chimpanzees in Canopies 3:32 | 82 |
6 | Rapunzel 5:20 | 92 |
7 | Sleep Song 6:24 | 90 |
8 | Welcome to the Treehouse, Pt. I 2:47 | 86 |
9 | Welcome to the Treehouse, Pt. II 4:38 | 89 |
10 | Uke 6 Textbook 1:59 | 87 |
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#32 | / | Clash |
#32 | / | The Times / The Sunday Times |
#34 | / | NME |
#38 | / | Dork |