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Nov 17, 2018*
The album's social commentary mostly centered around religion, technology and politics demonstrates an artist who is a writer first and musician second. Father John Misty somehow captures the cynicism of modern life without sounding pretentious. He makes it perfectly clear that he too is part this; he too contributes to the ills of society. Take the title track for example, he spend almost the entirety of the song criticizing those who obsess over "risen zombies, celestial virgins, magic ... read more
Nov 17, 2018
As of November 2018, it is my favorite album of the year. It's kinda experimental but no so much it feels esoteric. I generally don't try to predict future classics but I think in time people look at "Testing" as a high watermark in Rocky's discography.
Nov 4, 2018
Like many, Trench took me by surprise. Not that I ever had a negative opinion of their previous work, but this album appeals to my sensibilities much better than Blurryface. I felt Blurryface didn't really know what it wanted to be--pop, rap, indie rock? On trench, Twenty One Pilots seem to have found their sound.
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