my first true long-form reaction/revew of an album with full in-depth thoughts, I give some musical/production/song structure analysis and my personal thoughts as a long time quadeca fan.
please watch if interested I stayed up till 5am to make this within the day: https://youtu.be/hrD9Y6z9tHU
review on my youtube ๐ ๐
https://youtu.be/FdzRx4RPTRw?si=0cJZ7ID8S9zwZq5J
it's ok but michael gira's voice is way too powerful for these tamer instrumentals, it's just kinda sounds off for most of the album
some of the songs feel unspecial, others drag a bit, but when they're in their element on this album, it sounds incredible
this album is pretty predictable and not very interesting. especially vocally, thom yorke had not hit his stride yet and sort of just sounds like chris martin without the technical skill. BUT there are some good basic alt rock tracks, and an incredible outro
this dude is so ass and i thought maybe it was just because of this terrible beat but mick jenkins made it sound ok
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