Ceyeber

I was really curious about this record, especially since the feature list was a hodge-podge of artists I really like and artists I almost never listen to. Ultimately, I didn’t like this as much as I was hoping to; Gibb’s vocal style simply doesn’t fit these organic country arrangements at all in my opinion, even if the songwriting is pretty good.

I think this album achieves the rough-around-the-edges aesthetic it’s looking for, but I think the band might have sacrificed any interesting grooves or well-written songs in the process.

A perfectly fine tribute to JTE, and one you can tell Steve took a lot of care in making. I probably won't revisit much of this over the originals, but it was still perfectly enjoyable, and "Last Words" is a true gutpunch of a song.

Yung Pinch is such a black hole on the mic, constantly sucking up anything that could even be considered intriguing, and the production on this tape is the most basic acoustic-laden trap you could come up with, leading to a listening experience that is just a whole lot of bleh.