hailed as pitchfork’s best album of 2025, i approached this album back when it was released with curiosity, especially since i haven’t discovered much about latin electronic music or the sound collage genre. originally my reaction to this release was quite lukewarm, it was ok in my opinion. but after listening to this album time and time again, your body and soul really starts to connect with the music, you move with the esoteric beats, you start to notice how the samples blend with ... read more

two things i’d like to talk about in this review:
one, how much i hate this album and love it at the same time; and two, why edward skeletrix is such an oddity amongst his contemporaries

for one, i do not like listening to this album at all.
the theme of the album is clearly about how he views art only as a medium for him to earn a living. throughout multiple times in this album, he loathes about how ‘art is sucking the life out of him’, and how he, through his numerous ... read more

after listening to cortis’ debut ep, which i gave a negative review to, i wondered, are they going to develop their own unique sound, or are they just going to continue to leech off of their western contemporaries and produce severely underwhelming music? i went into this ep with no expectations, and oh boy… oh… boy…

right off the bat with “tnt”, cortis immediately leeches off travis scott (again), with the bombastic group vocals and autotuned adlibs, ... read more

If i only had one sentence to describe kkb, it would be: music that heals your soul.

im sure that everyone has heard of “flamingo” maybe at least unintentionally or by chance. well that was kkb four years before releasing time ‘n’ place, and their music has noticeably gone darker and darker by each release. take opening tracks “outside” and “only acting” as examples, the instrumentals are heavy and borrow from noise rock origins, a genre that kkb ... read more

what hasn’t already been talked about regarding this album every since its release back in 2018? everything seems to have already been said, so maybe i can take a more reflective approach when reviewing this album, its impact and its legacy, after almost eight years time, and five years since sophie’s untimely death.

oil of every pearl’s un-insides is a masterclass of balancing experimentalism, when listening to this album you realise that every single song, even when ... read more

before going into this album, i already know roughly what im about to be delivered with, but still at some moments, underscores still impresses me with creative song structure and catchy lyrics

'tell me u want it' is a great opener with a catchy hook, serves as a great prelude to the entire project

'music' is genuinely one of the best singles released last year, it is the definition of music being infectious. it is exhilarating. it is tasteful. it is an earworm of a song ... read more

in her victory lap after winning the long-deserved grammy, that is the body high tour, she chose to include 'weak spot' in a small section of the setlist. and i, as a twiglet since the before the caprisongs days, never listened to her first two EPs (which i also don't know why i skimmed out on those). i thought 'weak spot' was an unreleased track when it played, and this proves how futuristic and timeless her music truly is.

overall this EP holds an idiosyncratic ... read more

just realised this album has a deluxe, FIGHT or ESCAPE, so here are more individual song reviews

loser=lover is another nice and catchy single from them
the quality is definitely single-level
a nice addition to the album
75

moa diary is a love letter to us
this song is just sooooo cute
the production is great and timless
its fun and doesn;t try to be what it isn't
just a really cute and fun anthem that i'd imagine play very well at concerts
(i got to hear this at their concert a ... read more

im writing this review as im listening to this album

anti-romantic is an good overall song
with dreamy vocals and synth passages
only nit-pick i have with this track is that there's an insistent hi-hat drum hit throughout the track and it's a bit annoying

0X1=LOVESONG is quite possibly the best txt song ever
the vocals are very tastefully layered and the structure is very nice
pushes conventional and commercial pop music to its brink
just overall is a really really catchy and ... read more

fakemink dishes out seven short enjoyable, but structurally forgettable songs without losing the amateur appeal to his songs
however, the songs here sound even more demo-quality than on london's saviour? which im quite confused about because i expect a cleaner and more refined mixing and production after the success that he generated in 2025, but what we got was even more messy and unkempt than his previous releases, leading to lowlights such as on 'dumb .' where the production ... read more

though very lo-fi and rough around the edges, she conjures up this nice and often hauntingly immersive soundscape im just addicted to, but some songs do pale in comparison to other tracks in terms of the ability to sound like a tortured soul while being engaging

the best way to describe listening to this album is imagining:
yourself travelling down a long and winding river on a small wooden boat as you're surrounded by nature, and watching the days and nights go by while you're stargazing. birds atop of evergreen trees sing their birdsong and you look into the crystal clear riverwater to see fishes, carps and trouts swimming along with your vessel. and you continue to look around to see changes in your surroundings unfold before your very ... read more

because of the song lengths these tracks fly by really quickly without much development, and is pretty much linear in structure
beats carry some songs such as XY that initially grab ur attention cuz if its ear-candy production, but are essentially wasted cuz feng doesn’t do anything interesting with them
lyrics are really hit or miss because he literally says on memories, these memories dont really have any meaning, which is pretty honest lmfao, but still i like the simplicity sometimes ... read more

its ight, some songs are fire, but most are pretty low-impact and forgettable

beautiful and intricate

bjork's most versatile effort

my agenda is a masterclass of post-ironic humour

first half is pretty good but the second half is bland

magdalene is soft but abrasive, meditative but impulsive, and everything im looking for in an album

一丿又一丿又一丿又一丿
banger after banger
amazing production
blends hk culture with hiphop
never been done before
modern classic