Regardless of this disgustingly low ranking that I rarely give out, I still enjoyed this more than everything in Melanie Martinez's discography.
Doesn’t the album cover look like Melanie Martinez and Benson Boone went on to form one of the most influential bands of all time?
Trying to envision what was missing from “World Is Yours” felt like taking fermented drugs. All five tracks were just shy of being bloated, and what kept them from bursting at the seams were their alluring moments. With the exception of “Kono Speed no Saki e,” the only steadily paced track, the songs on “World Is Yours” peaked during their bridges, which sat on entirely different mountains than the rest of each song. Sadly, the bridges didn’t offer a ... read more
Synth-pop evolves faster than most genres, but the sound of “Rio’s” vivacious anthems can still be heard over crashing ocean waves on an ’80s public beach boombox.