AlexanderDow

Afrobeat isn't e genre I'm particularly a fan of and I have to admit I haven't listened to much of it at all, other than what charts in UK radio but this was a pleasant surprise. Whilst it's nothing revolutionary, it's a really really solid release that kept me engaged throughout. I know that within its genre this will be a phenomenal and incredibly influential release.

I mean let's just start by stating that using the phrase "pray it away" as the title and main lyric of a song about a fuckboy hurting your feelings whilst using musical themes relating to the church throughout the song is sooooooo tasteless. It's no secret that "pray it away/pray the gay away" is a line synonymous with queer people's discrimination and religious trauma and there's no way she didn't know that. Taste. Less. but anyways let's move on.

Now on to the album ... read more

I was in a record shop in Edinburgh at the start of 2022 when I originally heard Gabriels, the shopkeeper playing Bloodline over the PA and I immediately bought the record and vowed to keep an eye out for future projects which I did. I saved this to my library when it originally came out and never got around to listening to it until now and I'm split into 2 minds on if that's a good thing or not. On one hand, I've deprived myself of an absolutely phenomenal album for 6 months longer than ... read more

I never really had much of an interest in listening to this album at all, I've not been a fan of much of the music they've released in recent years so I thought it was a pointless endeavor but I got bored today and decided to give it a listen, out of sheer curiosity more than anything. So I logged onto this website ready to rate this a solid 30-40 and boy, I'll happily eat my words.

This album isn't groundbreaking or revolutionary in any way but it's by far the most honest and vulnerable Demi ... read more