Well....
First, I will say, Good Day Today, and Pinky's Dream absolutely SLAP. Good Day Today especially, that song is straight up 10/10.
But absolutely N O T H I N G else on this album lives up to it. I found myself deeply disliking nearly every single other song on this album, or if I didn't dislike it, I just didn't care.
Maybe this kind of music is just not for me.
Yeah to me is Baths worst. I guess at this point it feels like he's still finding his sound and whatnot which I respect, and hey he definitely does find it later on but this is just super unmemorable to me.
I absolutely adore Toki's stuff, but this is definitely the weakest in her catalogue. It's just kind of dull. The two tracks with Gavin Turek are nice, but even then they sort of fade into the background. And so does everything else on this album. I mean, I don't find myself disliking any of the songs, which keeps me from ranking it more negatively, but nothing here sticks.
I truly do not understand all the love for this album but all the hate for their second album. Because truthfully, this album to me sounds extremely messy. Hopping all over the place, whereas I feel like their sound gets so much more refined on their second album. This thing still has some good songs, don't get me wrong, but also a lot that I really dislike. I do believe a handful of that is due to my absolute hatred for the "Brostep" genre, but regardless, I'm not usually one to care ... read more
Ranking Bjork at a 64 really hurts me because this album is much better than what I give it credit for, but I can't deny the reality of this site, that this site is meant for sharing music opinions, and my opinion is that I don't really enjoy this album. However, I'm sure any of you reading this review and disagreeing with me probably can understand it better than my brain can. Mutual Core is certainly the best song on the album though.
I find two songs on this thing absolutely fantastic (Blue Clouds & Shipwreck) and none of the rest really draw me in. RIP.
Admittedly I don't fully understand all the hype surrounding this album but whatever. It's still good, I just think OPN has more interesting.
TOP 3 SONGS: Submersible, Andro, Power Of Persuasion
This is one of the biggest surprises for me this year so far. Lusine is an artist I have only been familiar with through "Just a cloud", around 4 years ago. I've kind of grown out of enjoyment for this style of downtempo/IDM since then, I still enjoy it, but it doesn't keep me as engaged as it used to. So going into this, I wasn't expecting much. But it handily surpassed my expectations, the vibes here are awesome.
TOP 3 SONGS: Zero To Sixty, Transonic, Dreaming
Anna Meredith has one of the most unique sounds of any artist I've ever heard and I'd say these early EPs do a good job at testing the waters, but the albums are where it's truly refined and defined. It is still solid, but definitely lacks the feel she manages to perfect on her albums. Never Wonder is a highlight here. Nautilus is also here I guess but honestly I'd attribute that more to Varmints than this.
Hmmmm it's pretty decent but kind of falls to the wayside for me in terms of Lauren's work.
This is another four tet release that kind of falls to the wayside for me. It's nice. I like it. But it doesn't draw me in like a lot of his other work.
TOP 3 SONGS: Gong, Parallel Jalebi, Ba Teaches Yoga
This is easily one of the most out there electro pop records there is. I mean, who else puts a 19 minute drone piece in the middle of their album?! One thing this album certainly does not do is fade into the background. It's certainly interesting, and it has some of my favourite songs from the duo, but it just is a bit too chaotic for me to rank any higher.
TOP 3 SONGS: Full Of Fire, Raging Lung, A Tooth For An Eye
This is an electronic album that feels almost akin to camping in the woods for me. Altogether it doesn't majorly stand out, but has a couple of fantastic tracks.
TOP 3 SONGS: Cirrus, First Fires, Sapphire
CocoRosie tries their hand at a concept album and I think it goes preeeeettty well! It's kind of funny because every song here I either really like, or really dont like, with a slight lean towards really like, but that might be a personal thing. I don't feel like this one gets talked about very often but honestly it has most of my favourite songs by the duo.
TOP 3 SONGS: Tears For Animals, Poison, Gravediggress
It's pretty cool honestly. Inside Out crushes. The sound is sick. Don't have much to say beyond that.
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