As much as I love Odelay and Midnite Vultures, melancholy Beck just hits different
It's for a good cause, having the Last Dinner Party song be immediately after the BCNR one made me realize that the new BCNR lineup is basically a better version of The Last Dinner Party.
The thing about indie rock is that it's carried by the 1%, and most of the 99% try to emulate the 1% without adding much of their own thing. Most of it is pretty good, but there is too much great indie music for me to settle for "pretty good".
Thing is, these aren't some college kids who like Wednesday and Geese, these are one of the best singers of all time and a producer who's been working with her for years, who also happen to really like Wednesday and Geese, so ... read more
I loved Poppy's last album, but I don't know if it's because my taste's changed, I raised my standards, this album is just way worse than her previous one, or a combination of all three, but it's just not it.
Nothing here is really bad but nothing's really all that good, it's just passable.
I really don't like Jordan Fish's production. It's way too squeaky clean for metal, and it's especially noticable here when they try to go more ... read more