attheeve

And you thought we wouldn’t get rock music?

This is another moment of me saying I see the vision, but there’s something painfully thin about whatever direction she’s taking her work, that makes the new singles and their ultimate lack of umph, so damn frustrating. It’s selfish and stupid to demand we get the Brat era again but having been a fan of hers for the last six years, I have to express my surprise at the rather inert impression that’s been made thus far ... read more

The quality of this mans music absolutely doesn’t falter, and while there’s a lot of Peggy’s weakest work scattered through this pretty beefy tracklist, but there’s always been a strong balance of brevity with certain tracks, and endless experimentation across the bored, I think its just the least refined its been in a while. I’m reminded of the directors cut for I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU, an over extension of a much leaner and more impressive album, and that lack ... read more

I shamefully gave Vicky no respect for the work she’s been doing the last five years, having been put off almost entirely by the obscenely short runtime of her albums, and while I can now say that I get the hype, I have to admit that the very problem I feared is my biggest gripe. Anytime I find myself sliding into the groove of a track, of which there are many endlessly danceable grooves, the song is over mid ass shake, and I just end up wishing so much of this could be fleshed out. Yet ... read more

That's right Kellan, sing to me from the other side of an echoey bathroom, you know I fucking love it when you do that. The song is way too scattered, repetitive, and somewhat droning in the way Kellan can be when indulging too much in the idea, but I can't deny he still intrigues and interests me as an artist, his sonic muddiness be damned.