Honestly I’d take any Hobo Johnson record over this. 1000 gecs was phenomenal, snake eyes was really good as well, but this is just trying so so hard to be quirky. There’s nothing special here and it’s severely lacking in experimentation. That’s what I loved about 1000 gecs, the fact that they were able to take all these cringe-worthy genres, blend them and create this vulgar, absurd project. It was exaggerated but it worked, a one of a kind hyperbolic record. This is ... read more
Offers a collage of sounds and occasional introspection that I would’ve never thought could be conveyed by music like this. It’s almost a lesson on how to not give a fuck about album structures and make a work that must be absorbed for what it is, a true uncommercial living being.
I HAD FORGOTTEN THIS WAS A MELLON COLLIE AND MACHINA SEQUEL, LITERALLY WHAT???!!!? WHERE!?
This is definitely better than act 1, like I would say that this is actually listenable material, the problem is that who would return to this. There’s so much excellent synth pop out there and if I want some pumpkins I’ll go back to their earlier (perfect btw) output. This is as bland as it gets, but the production was pretty nice, as were the instrumentals. The latter were actually pretty ... read more
Fucking PHENOMENAL. I’m telling you guys, I feel like this new album will go down as one of their best tbh. Xiu Xiu for life, some of the best artists ever.