Biggest grower record I've encountered in the last two years, I mean its only 6 tracks but they're especially layered even a track like "like a vampire" ended up sticking around in my head far longer than I thought.
The sound palette Nosaj Thing has curated here had his tracklist looking like a fantasy album tracklist I'd scribble in a note while high; Duval Timothy for example is someone I've been dying to hear more from (Since "Help") then to have Slauson Malone and serpentwithfeet here on a album together, genius. Hyukoh was the biggest surprise for me, for a korean indie band (I'm deeply in love with the independent Korean scene) to be on this record was the last thing I was expecting, Park ... read more
The vocals are really bad unfortunately making the album hard to listen to. The instrumentation on these tracks are quite lovely though, there's definitely something here but again the vocals get in the way.
Thankful, this was the first Daft Punk record I could experience on release day and that's something special when in the hands of Daft Punk.
Unsurprisingly bad but sometimes not that bad:
"God Did" comes off as an MBDTF outtake, "Use this gospel" sounds like those youtube mix-ups eminem and linkin park featuring Kanye West. "Party" has that essential Migos back and forth, its fucking good. "Staying Alive""s hook is genius."Bills Paid" has Anthem energy and "Way Past Luck" has a great sample. The rest is terrible but expectedly so, this as a completed project is the ... read more
With hindsight this record will stand as Foo Fighters last great record. Alongside QOTSA's "...Like Clockwork" it also holds its shape as one of the few modern rock records that well, rock!
Not the great album its title, its artist and space between releases would have suggested but its still a great record.
Steez with the coldest bar of this record, "If we're trying to build our lives up to have material things and those things don't satisfy our needs what are we living for"
Surprised how much I liked this one! Really interesting choice of arrangement on each track. These are hip-hop beats I'd expect to hear Mino, Zior Park, G-dragon or Wonstein on. This seems to be the musical lane for rapper-idols to go, this overexposed eccentric pop-rap which trips into avant-garde at points. K-pop itself is this hyperbolic version of western "pop" so its such a collision of sound, it has to be seen as avant-garde at this point. I mean its a record split sung in ... read more
I'm so dumb I thought this was a Chad Hugo record, I feel its a decent effort considering its a fashion designer dipping his toes in the musical waters. Less of a travesty now
Functional Addict goes hard.
It's what CLB should have sounded like, whiny philosophies about the women who did him wrong and he's still inlove with.
Sonically, it is this house hip-hop hybrid (Something an artist like Black Coffee synthesized) which is really cool to see, he is making a stylized switch based on his own tastes on music, its exactly the kind of step people should want Drake to take.
"You know I showed you them songs you been playing all on repeat"
Outside of that, the album could have ... read more
Exactly what I had hoped would happen with the first rework has happened here, its a weaker batch of tracks but they are greatly enhanced by their reimaging's . If only they could have done this with the first record but hey beggars cant be choosers at this point, thank you for this!
Also Richard Patrick sounds amazing on "Believe Me"
AOTY 2022 pick:
Easily the best collection of basslines I've heard all year, coated in mood, there arent any missteps here, just a gorgeous piece of sound with altering words. Also what an albumcover, take a bow.
The most underrated album of the year so far!
"Nylon" alone is worth the price of entry
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