It's a pretty standard synth pop album. Doesn't do anything particularly interesting but still has some bops!
TOP 3 SONGS: Lost Maps, Heartbreak Kid, Electric Youth
It's a pretty standard synthwave album that leans into experimental tendencies, and literally one rock song "Keep Up With You" which is pretty handily the best thing on the album. But still, pretty groovy, pretty fun!
TOP 3 SONGS: Keep Up With You, Fast Blood Delivery, Hold Me Tight
LORN does not miss for me. Their ability to capture these dystopian and malicious vibes is unmatched.
TOP 3 SONGS: Diamond, Weigh Me Down, Ghosst
This album and baths as an artist is controversial for a lot of people because of the vocals. Personally I compare them to sufjan stevens if he did a lot more vocal effects everywhere. There are falsetto's galore in this project. And honestly? I like it! It's unique to me, but I understand if it's offputting for some. Then comes the punchy production both resulting in extremely exciting songs and also slower quieter driftier ones, which honestly both work quite nicely.
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I actually really like this album! I feel like over time nosaj thing has kind of drifted away from his experimental nature and just created more dry music but this is the one exception to that because I find this heavily enjoyable despite the short length.
TOP 3 SONGS: Let You, Don't Mind Me, Sci
I'm not the kind of person to enjoy rock music. If you peruse my profile you'll find mostly electronic, experimental, and synth pop albums. But this album is an exception for me, probably a lot of that due to the experimental nature of it. Especially the song Human Sadness, it is 11 minutes long but is one of the most warpy, wild, and soul crushing songs I have ever heard in my life.
TOP 3 SONGS: Human Sadness, Take Me In Your Army, Xerox
Whee! It's the 3 year anniversary of when I discovered this album, and it has a special place in my heart, so I want to edit my review of it because the old one was not very great.
This album is my favourite Royksopp album. And by that I mean, this album has my favourite Royksopp songs of all time. Several of them. But the album itself DOES have some major pitfalls. But first let me get into the positives.
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This is such a rich experimental pop album. It's manages to do a bunch of really unique stuff that both satisfies people who want relatively easy listening and also satisfies people who strive to find really unique and out there experimental stuff. It's just wildly good.
TOP 3 SONGS: Marble House, We Share Our Mothers Health, Like A Pen
Yeah this album is truly something else. It takes the acoustic guitar and absolutely PUSHES it to it's limit and that results in some absolutely incredible and unique stuff. The fact that it's a home-made album and not studio produced is all the more impressive as well. Absolutely stunning and gorgeous sounds.
TOP 3 SONGS: These Chains, Why, Gameun Deut
This album is interesting to me because it contains my 2 absolute favourite dan deacon songs, and then literally the rest of 3-10 are all on his other album "Mystic Familiar." The other songs are great too but man, When I Was Done Dying is one of the most electric and exciting tracks I've ever heard and all the unique assortments of sounds on "Meme Generator" make for an incredibly unique listen through. It sounds like a Pogo song.
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It's a compilation of singles rather than a cohesive album, which at times makes some of the songs fall flat for me but the songs that hit are among some of my favourite four tet songs of all time. Specifically Locked, which I unfortunately think I am alone in overdosing on that song.
TOP 3 SONGS: Locked, Pyramid, Lion.
My favourite slow magic album! This one took me a bit to really get but after a couple listens through it really resonated with me. The songs with guest features lean in a more synth pop direction and every single one hits. The songs without lyrics are also extremely captivating and intense at times.
TOP 3 SONGS: Drum, Mind, Shivers
Bloody amazing house music. The builds on this thing are absolutely amazing. And do not count out that remix added on at the end because that is the best song on this thing and one of my favourite songs of all time, it sounds NOTHING like the original.
TOP 3 SONGS: The Rise & The Fall Of The Donkey Dog (Husbands Remix), ENCHANTé, The Rise & The Fall Of The Donkey Dog (Original Version)
It's really good background music and I'd enjoy listening to it while I'm doing something else but it doesn't stick out much other than that. It is nearly 3 hours long though and every song is like 10 minutes long so if you've got an assignment to finish and you want something to vibe out to this is the album for you.
TOP 3 SONGS: Reviens La Nuit, et puis, s'en va!, Sake Stars Fever
There are no individual songs that REALLY struck a chord with me but there are no misses either. Fans of Crystal Castles who want something a little bit more chilled out, this is the artist and album for you.
TOP 3 SONGS: Lofticries, Obedear, Fineshrine
This is definitely my favourite Gorillaz album. It was a result of the hatred on Humanz (which honestly was not all that bad I think people were just disappointed after the absolute whopper of plastic beach and such a long hiatus) but this album just has a melancholic but beautiful vibe that has always struck a chord with me.
TOP 3 SONGS: Humility, Sorcererz, Souk Eye
This is the magnum opus of four tet in my opinion. It actually does not have any of my top 3 favourite songs by him, but it has the consistency that the other albums do not. It's just really, really beautiful all the way through, which makes up for the lack of standouts for me.
TOP 3 SONGS: Circling, She Just Likes To Fight, This Unfolds
I don't understand the hate for this album, and the love for their debut album. To me, this album is far better than Welcome Reality. It feels like a more polished sound and honestly has a better consistency for me. The songs on this album that individually I do not think are that impressive, sound much better with the context of the album which I cannot say the same about welcome reality.
TOP 3 SONGS: Circles, The Thrill, Into The Night
Really groovy electro pop, a different direction from his other work but honestly one that works incredibly well for him. Pretty standard electro pop beyond that.
TOP 3 SONGS: Freelance, 50/50, Who I Am