if Angel Olsen used her powers for good and recorded an album with The Joy Formidable, it might sound something like this
is it wrong that even after significant amounts of time with this album, I'm still not 100% sure how I feel about it? Is it good, hell yes ... but ...
I don't know if this is for me, necessarily, but this is an outrageously talented artist and anything that reminds me of Young Fathers is bang on
two outstanding covers, two decent ones, but this is always a band that I love the sound of
the blues feel is outstanding...but I somehow wish it was someone else having recorded it
yes, the vintage feel soaks the whole album but there are fewer standout tracks than in the past
The theatrics of Alex Turner on the most recent Arctic Monkeys album combined with the melodrama of The Smiths ... gross
No, I don't love all of it, but holy flaming crap is this album good ... I never thought I would hear her sing a song like "Alexandra" again
Funny that Julian is simultaneously the band's greatest strength and its most obvious weakness...
if you put on early 90s albums of Weezer, The Headstones and Pavement all at the same time, this might be the resulting album ... maybe
so glad I'm not the only one scratching my head at this one...
it is a phenomenal blend of influences and styles, all built around Boyd's impressive ear for rhythm and percussion. It is a little bit of so many things from rap to blues to jazz and likely many genres between...
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