Everytime I think of you I get shot right through with a bolt of blue
Insanely singable lyrics, simple, visceral and powerful
Sad head bopping sprinkled with a hope, reflection and an infectious beat
Great lyrics here :
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near,
To the childhood I lost replaced by fear
I feel like MGMT really could have made all these songs way more catchy if they wanted, but i think it really adds to the album that it stays consistently a touch distorted and fragmented. Once I leant into that, this album made more sense.
This really has some very high moments, alot of beatle-esque(if that means anything) horn sections, then it almost feels vangelis was the producer on this with some of the synths lol.
Also loss of life, the closer, feels absolutely like you are dying, ... read more
You telling me you aren't fly kicking to this? Cmon now.
Also hello everyone, life's got busy, but I hope everyone's doing good π
Never knew people hated this song haha. I'm from Ireland and this song is about the unnecessary violence that was caused during "The Troubles". Personally I love this song and how the vocals are, you can feel the desperation, grief and anger through them.
Sufjan is skyrim bards if they had modern equipment, throw that lute away Ragnar.
I'll be honest it took me a while to warm up to this sound, here we go another indie generic trash can fuck. Who is the naive lost boi. That's what I thought initially.
But this is a beautiful album once I allowed myself to let go of prejudice. It's whimsical and idealistic no doubt, but also grounded in pain and sorrow.
Not to be the "oh it's great but the mIXInG" guy but oh.. oh it's great, but the mIXInG. this song is dying for drums, major L from Kraft Punk, pls add drums you drummies.
Also AI is terrifying listen to the vocals, it sounds SynTheTIc!!
SCARY. SCARY
Kinda nice to have this actually
This feels like sitting next to a cosy fire in your living room, listening to your grandparents talk about nice stories. Everything is sweet. You are smiling and laughing along with these trips down memory lane.
Then you realise after 30 minutes that these stories keep repeating. Yes we know you loved vietnam granda, but please not again. You get antsy, this should be a nice vibe but I heard you the first time i swear. You start counting down the minutes until he falls asleep, okay one more ... read more
I can already hear government robots playing this while I walk around the city
Edit: this has actually grew off me a decent amount but still a great project.
94 --> 87
Original review :
Weird take but I feel like she has the voice of a female John Denver, the vibes of weyes blood and the artistry of Kate Bush.
BUT ENOUGH OF THIS COMPARISON DRIVEL.
I absolutely love the base of this sound, the singing, the drums. But what sends this to a new level for me is the subtle background sounds, the droning guitar leads, the subtle riffs from the strings, piano, synths ... read more
Doesn't relate to my experience 0 out of 100
Okay this is a solid effort from Olivia Rodrigo well done bro
Whilst generic at times and of course has a trademark piano ballad( which honestly went over better than I imagined), I really didn't feel any de ja vu in this album. Mwhahahaha
Was popping my head to songs like "bad idea right" , "ballad of a homeschooled girl" and "teenage dream". Really was following the heavier feeling tracks on here.
I'm just glad ... read more
This has made me reconsider what I think of jazz singers.
How come before I couldn't bare the thought of listening to a full Frank sinatra album, but this had me interested the whole way through?
This just must have something that keeps me listening, and im still trying to work out what it is. Maybe its just her voice, the subtleness of instruments and the grooves. Maybe its just I like lofi jazz. I dont know but I love this. Okay deep breaths...
Dreamer would for sure be a hit in the 50s ... read more
Dude this is so good, I'm shit at explaining why but the atmosphere in some of these songs is incredible, feel like this just gets better and better as it goes.
I hear radiohead sometimes I hear david bowies Low sometimes, I hear the witcher soundtrack other times. Such a great mix of ambient sounds and vocal performances. Thank you for showing me this.
Favourites : shadow in the mist, Pt.2(mist), eclipse
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