Mixture of some of his best songs like Needle in the Hay and Christian Brothers with mediocrity. The lyrical content is usually well done in all of these songs, I just feel Roman Candle offers far better guitar leads throughout. Happy he went for more instrumentation on Either/Or.

Super underrated Elliott Smith project. No Name #3 will forever be my favorite song of his, it's so goddamn pretty and delicate.

With a singles like the oddball 'Since C.A.Y.A' and the uncharacteristicly lavish and catchy 'Shine a Light', which with each passing day is cementing itself as my track of the year, I was expecting this to be a homerun for Shabazz Palaces. Unfortunately, while the first five tracks display the group firing on all cylinders, I can't help but feel the back end lacks the normal Shabazz Palaces aura (except Fine Ass Hairdresser is solid). As a fan, the lack of consistency is kind of disappointing, ... read more

Beach Fossils follow up their darkest release with a much brighter and sunnier take on dream pop, and it's absolutely lovely. I wasn't too hot on the singles at first, but as I listened and relistened I found myself beginning to sing along and buy into the stylistic change. And boy, the strings placed on some of these tracks add another level to Beach Fossil's sound. In all, Somersault is a smashing success for the band and made the four year wait leading to its release worth it.

The sloppy delivery of these songs either turns out some odd and genius lo-fi hypnagogic pop or just pure shit. Listening through the whole album can feel like a test to get to the songs I do enjoy, but again, the bright spots are fantastic.

Some seriously raw shit for 1966. Doesn't hold up incredibly well, but is still definitely an enjoyable and wild listen.

Bruh this is tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. It's dated as fuck, but still tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

lol haven't listened to this album in a while but HEYYO IT'S A CLASSIC BABY LETS GO

Honestly the only Real Estate album that's worth your time.

Most of the songs here can't even touch what he was doing on 2 or even moments from Rock n Roll Nightclub, minus some exceptions in Let Her Go and the title track.

This album gave me a little bit of tinnitus but that's okay.

While I definitely don't love every track I'm hearing on this thing, some of the tunes like Everybody Wants to Love You and In Heaven are absolutely wonderful pop gems that have me excited for the future of this group.

EDIT: I don't know why or how, but it took me almost a year for this album to hit me. I'm happy I gave it another chance, because it's a masterpiece in experimental and minimalistic R&B. Breathtaking.

Original Score: 75/100

I mean, it's wild, boundary pushing, and inventive, but I'd be lying if I said I'm in pure musical love every time I plop my copy down on the turntable. Sure, it's pretty hilarious and intoxicating at times, but it's just so hard to listen to this thing all the way through without wanting to take a break or just giving up. I do love bits and pieces of this album, like the insanity of 'Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish' and both bakes of 'Hair Pie', the off kilter poetry of The Dust Blows Forward ... read more

Starts and ends extremely strong, but just kinda slumps for me in the middle of the record, which I suppose is a little disappointing. However, the tracks that hit on this thing fucking HIT, so who knows, it'll could grow on me like Too Bright did.

God fucking damnit I wanted to like this so much

Just doesn't hit me as hard as their last two albums (I will say though, seeing them perform these songs live put new life into them for sure.I mean, they kicked total ass, and Gold was actually tolerable!).

I'll probably need to give this a couple more listens, but while I definitely love this record, it hasn't necessarily been the mind blowing experience 'Good Kid Maad City' or 'To Pimp a Butterfly' have been. It's much less of a concept driven album like its predecessors, which isn't a bad thing, but it feels more scatterbrained in approach. That being said, some of my favorite songs of his show up on here, especially DNA, which is one of the best hip hop songs I've heard all decade. Seriously, ... read more

In all honesty, 'A Crow Looked at Me' is the most soul crushing record I've ever listened to. Turning a personal tragedy such as death into touching and gripping poetry is one of the hardest things a writer can do, and Phil does an absolutely astounding job here. While I can say with confidence that this is my favorite Mount Eerie record, I wouldn't say it's 'enjoyable' at all; music this dark doesn't just offer a momentary glimpse of sadness that most sad music does, but instead it sits in the ... read more

Adorno's pretty cool I guess