Aphex Twin is my background music, the soundtrack to the more mundane tasks in my life. “drukQs” is Richard’s big ambitious transition into the 21st century. It’s a difficult album to try and digest, he’s not new to having longer albums, but clocking in at nearly 2 hours it's one of his longer outputs. A lot of it is that textbook Aphex Twin IDM sound, fast paced breaks and wonky sounds that take pride in their clunkiness taking up most of its runtime. Where you ... read more
black midi’s 3rd studio album “Hellfire” has been my most anticipated release of the year since its announcement. Following their 2019 debut “Schlagenheim”, an album so confident and dense that it led to so much hype for the (at the time) quartet as one of the lead groups in the new era experimental rock bands, but also led to questioning of the future of the band. WIth the announcement of their sophomore record 2021’s “Cavalcade” also came with ... read more
Did he really say “I fucked her in her ass made her peepee” or am I tripping
Good Morning Good Night is something I only find anything good about conceptually, the idea of the genre of Onkyo is super intense and interesting, but just doesn't do anything for me personally, and as someone who rates music off their enjoyment of it mainly, this album does less than nothing for me. It's a pain to listen to, with me constantly having to adjust the volume so it wouldn't damage my ears more than they already are, I found certain parts to be intriguing I suppose, but still not ... read more
Charli XCX, one of the most interesting pop artists of the modern day, having released some great projects including 2020's "how i'm feeling now", a fantastic project that fully represented the state of the world at the time. Charli was on a pretty big win streak with her having 3 very well received albums in a row, but the rollout of this new album had me worried. First of all the albums announcement date seemed like forever ago, and since then Charli 6 whole singles, half of the ... read more