cozzetti

A great cover, the instrumentation feels significantly cleaner and nicer, without straying from the original sound. The vocal delivery is also generally better (though the outro not so much) and has more emotion.

A nice few songs that serve as a great debut. Clearly states their intentions as an indie band, establishes lovejoy as having a separate identity from wibur’s previous work, and also horns. The songs are fairly short and simple, and while they still work very well, it’s clear this is just a starting point for future growth.

Fav Track: Taunt

I feel like Volume Alpha deserves to be treated not as a score for a game, but as a proper work in its own right.
The tracks here have a very alien feel to them, not in a weird/bizzare type of way, but in the sense that it feels like we are experiencing them outside of their intended context, except we have no way of knowing what that context could be. A lot of people ascribe a sense of wonder, or nostalgia, or innocence to them, but I believe you can assign any emotion to most of the tracks. ... read more

This is such a strange album. From the cover art that looks like a drawing made by a child and the sugary-sweet sounds of the synths on the indie pop tracks, made by a band named after unicorns, the initial impression is that this is a very childish and immature record. But then there are tracks with titles like ‘Ready to Die’ and lyrics filled with death and ghosts, parasites and fleshy vessels and making love in graves. But what’s really weird is how effortlessly the ... read more