bigtwig

This album is really interesting and experimental compared to most albums, but I feel like there was more room to go all in on creating a unique record here, something more like the last album I reviewed, 'Playing Robots Into Heaven' by James Blake. Having the likes of Sampha on the album made up for this wasted potential however, as the vocal range of Sampha in particular helped to create more variation between tracks, but overall still lacked when compared with what could've been. That being ... read more

Listening to James Blake on Travis songs and listening to a James Blake album couldn't be much further apart in terms of pretty much everything. I say pretty much as the only similarity I see between the two is that they are both fucking beautiful. I'm mainly a fan of rap, with R&B and jazz as some other genres I tend to enjoy, but this album is outside of my normal taste and I think I can now say I'm a fan of whatever genre it is, if you can even put it into one singular category. One ... read more

This album is something really special. Getting such an emotional insight to one of the rappers I'd want to piss off the least is something I really didn't expect coming into the album. Hearing Conway open up about his mental struggles on 'Stressed' hit very hard, as seeing someone as so tough and untouchable then instantly seeing their vulnerability makes me think twice about how I judge people. Losing a baby at birth, being shot in the head and being paralysed on one side of your face, being ... read more

I don't know if the people giving Love Sick sub-50 ratings listened to the wrong album or something, but I really enjoyed it and I think it's Don's most focused piece of work to date. There were clear influences throughout the album, maybe except the tracks 'Private Landing (feat. Justin Bieber & Future)' and 'Bus Stop (feat. Brent Faiyaz)' both of which felt like commercial breaks to an otherwise consistent episode of Don's life. I feel like I'm in that diner with Don when I listen and I ... read more