the original version of tongues is way better

There are a couple great songs on here, though a fair amount of filler is also present. Great bass lines all around, makes you wonder why Michael Dempsey was only around for one album.

dexter!

hot take i don’t like this album that much

Dave Grohl is 1/3 of my favorite band of all time. Unfortunately, Foo Fighters has 6 members.

Jonathan creates a catchy, hook filled album that still remains socially conscious and ahead of it’s time

this is brutal.

Dark, atmospheric, biting lyrics, overall a very good listen, not as great in the second half but still worth it

MF BOBBY

It is so and thus forever it will be

everything that feels so good is BAD. BAD. BAD. these lyrics are so bland but the instrumentation combined with rivers’ voice is gorgeous so i don’t mind it i guess

runnin through these checks ‘til i pass out (pass out)

Pleasure Pen is Seals and Crofts’ “Summer Breeze” meets Yves Tumor

Raucous, acerbic, lo-fi indie-folk that sounds more like anti-folk. This albums is not expansive or vast but rather centered and focused on real life, real feelings, and real experiences. In that way it’s very relatable and down to earth, through the eyes of one who is cynical yet sanguine. It listens like Leonard Cohen with the wit of Will Toledo or Elliot Smith. Not polished at all, but that adds more than it takes away for sure. Overall, this album feels sort of like a coming of age ... read more

knockoff phoebe bridgers

the revolution is being televised

flourish

For me CCR has always been a band that i’ve thought of as having a couple great songs and then nothing else of note. This is not at all the case. Creedence Clearwater Revival prove themselves to be an “album artist” with this release.

the amount to which i relate with the lyrics on this album is terrifying.

edit to the review of probably my second favorite album ever made:

Jason Molina is amorphous. His image is not what propels his music to the level that it resides at. What does this is his incredibly emotional guitar playing, his singing that so resembles the cooing of some tortured songbird, and his pen, filled with his own blood, sweat, and tears. Molina creates a work of art so supple, so painfully biographical, so ... read more

I live off of albums like this. Albums where on the surface everything is smooth, well produced, pleasant to the ear, but underneath there is darkness. While not obvious at first, once you start looking for it, it creeps slowly in. This is a beautiful jazz rock fusion album that is both cynical and sincere, with some edge and a little humor for good measure. Overall it’s a great, easy listen that I certainly will come back to to fully digest.