AnthroWobbly

Looks like this unfinished mess is, in fact, the final product after all.

I didn't enjoy the first Donda record either, unlike some, so its sequel turning out to be a turkey didn't exactly disappoint me. It's just sad to see such a once-great artist with a real vision end up at this place. Maybe one day he'll get back on medication, go to therapy, and release good music again. But until that time, the hype one one's past greatness can only get an artist so far, and I do believe Ye's ship has ... read more

An ethereal trip through the musical rain. And a very beautiful one, at that. It's almost as if O'Callaghan has managed to tap into my nostalgia without even knowing me. Very entrancing and calming listening experience.

Plenty of ratings, but no reviews yet prior to this one. That seems about right. It's a fine salsa album, but it runs a little long and all of the songs, while great on their own, sound very similar and end up running together when taken in total as an album listening experience.

As far as acoustic instrumentation goes, this is about as ethereal and ambient as a folk record could get. It has celtic influences which contribute to its more haunting melodies, but it's still very much its own project. Equal parts disquieting and comforting, somehow at the same time. A listening experience not soon forgotten.