EldoubleU

Filled to the brim with right wing shibboleths and cringy rap parts. A 50 year old man whining that "nobody can tell him how to live" feels about as right as a five year old complaining about taxes.
This record gives the whole genre of Southern Rock a bad reputation.

The duo's debut album is as refreshing as it was anticipated to be.
Besides the clever and cheeky lead single Chaise Longue, the two could keep the momentum of their sound throughout the entire LP, even though some of the latter middle part's songs tend to be a little bit too samey. Doesn't matter though because the album closes with two absolute amazing songs: the enthralling background chants in Supermarket and the guitar and drum work on Too Late Now just manage to close this record in a ... read more

The album starts off extremely strong in the first half with songs like the dealer, stabilise and midnight sun. It looses a bit of it's momentum later on, but that doesn't make the rest of the songs bad in any way. The great mixture of poppy and grungy sounds with electric drummage makes for a really interesting and enjoyable listen.

The mixture of grimy and introspective is just what makes this record really special to me. The production is as stellar as Conways writing. Dark and muddy beats followed up by sample soul samples combined with hard coke bars and emotional openings about his struggles with mental health just show how amazingly paced this album is
This must clearly be my favorite Griselda record to this day.