The songs on this project might be a bit too uneven for me. Some songs feel too "throwbacky" to the point that they don't bring anything really new and interesting to the table, lacking the twist I need to go: "It reminds me so much of the 2000s, wow, childhood memories!". On the contrary, some others like 'Snakeskin' really take the influence and go way past it, showing that Rina really has the ear for futuristic music taking example on great sounds from the past.

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Just a great cohesive artistic piece of work. I feel like some of the songs lost some of their flavor overtime, but honestly, I'm still amazed by the world created by Purity Ring on this album. 'stardew' remains one of the most epic-sounding-without-being-epic song I've ever heard and I can't get enough of this.

Fave: stardew
Least fave: i like the devil

Just inconsistent, and generic. 'Wish You Were Sober' was a really good lead single to me, but everything else feels forced, especially when going through a whole project of this superficial, clout-seeking trend of coming off as "too emo to be universally liked".

Fave: Maniac
Least fave: Heather

I love him and think he has a lot to offer when it comes to the bubblegum-pop, Y2K-influenced revival that is going on right now. The cohesiveness of the EP is stellar, yet the songs here fail to capture the same level of "iconicity" of his previously released singles. I absolutely love this cover of 'Kiss Me Thru The Phone' though, it came out at the exact right moment and there's something that just works with how That Kid reworked it.

Fave: Kiss Me Thru The Phone
Least fave: Taco ... read more

Quite disappointed by this, to be honest. I loooved 'Cradles' before it became viral on TikTok. The songs on this are quite superficial, and lacks a sense of genuineness. It feels like the fact of going viral made them take the safe road. It's still fun, but I haven't revisited this EP and don't think I ever will.

Fave: Freak ft. REI AMI
Least fave: Cliché

Solid and entertaining album, while feeling a bit "stuck" in the 2010s. I feel like they have to move on and make their sound evolve more like things on 'Gaunt Kids'.

Fave: Gaunt Kids
Least fave: News Today

I wasn't sold on the whole concept at first, because two-minute tracks are rarely intense enough for me to really love them. Bus listening to it as a 20-minute EP is what sold it for me. This is a new side for the PC Music library, a real trip to the past and while
a more modern-realist take on music. The atmosphere of the EP is peaceful yet there is a feeling that everything could go nightmarish, which is a feeling I absolutely adore.

Fave: Replay
Least Fave: Spell

Listened to it once and really appreciated it, but I haven't revisited it since. I quite don't know why, because on first listen, she delivered everything I like. This mixtape is the first full project I've heard from her and sonically, she has made a coherent, pleasant mixtape, which never quite fully grabbed my attention.

Fave: In The Mirror
Least Fave: These Days

AOTY contender, right away. Agressive songs were chosen as the singles, and I get why, but she really saved 'Don't Go Outside' and 'Sick of the Sun' as two really great songs when the album came out.

The consistency of the album overall is what is particularly pleasing to someone who has been following Poppy. While her last album was already great to me, this one shows artistic growth and artistic comprehension of what she wants to portray and who she wants to be, how she wants to stand in the ... read more