There's definitely growth on The Messenger compared to his past work, but there are so many weird lyrics about him piping his wife and some pretty weak beats at times that I can't take this seriously. I liked a few moments of some tracks; Stand the Rain and Risk My Life are some highlights. Overall though, I think this project was a misstep since JPRO had a lot of potential with the sound of his recent singles like Tbh and Remy Ferbas--even some tracks from VVS like OGG, Sun Mountain, ... read more
I love you Tommy but this shit is so distorted it sounds like a demo, and the soulja boy synth is corny af... go back to Alligator :(
love you charli but you really neutered this one
rating everything brian does from here on out besides releasing an album a 0
Much better than his other records from the last 5 years. I can see how this isn't very accessible compared to Pony or WHO CARES, but I personally enjoy this style a lot more.
Much more consistent than a lot of his other projects but wtf is this album art
I really want to get behind this record because I was a big fan of The Dare's first EP, but it's clear that this music project is just a big novelty act. If you've heard the singles, you've heard the whole album -- and I assume his next album as well. There's a few songs outside of the singles that are interesting, but even at 27 minutes this thing drags. It seems he wasn't successful under his original monoker "Turtlenecked", but I honestly prefer a lot ... read more
I first skipped past Arp Omni to listen to Veneficium, but then i went back and realized both are incredible! Arp Omni might actually be my favorite ambient song by Xiu Xiu and the better of these two songs, but I still love both of these tracks so much.
I'm not going to rate this quite yet because I am a big Magdalena Bay fan, but the vocal melodies didn't pop on first listen nearly as much as they did on Mercurial World for me. I remember walking away from that record with multiple hooks stuck in my head and replaying it over and over. There's definitely incredible moments on Imaginal Disk, but there weren't many compelling earworms. I'm sure it will grow on me with a few more listens, but I feel they may be slightly ... read more
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