"Eels Time!" contents the great opener "Time" which is appropriate to promise an interesting and spellbounding album, already the 15th studio album of E (Mark Oliver Everett) with the band named Eels. Now one could ask oneself: "How much Eels does a guy need?" And one could rate "Eels Time!" under this particular perspective, because the full album doesn't live up with the opener in the long run. I think there are better Eels albums from earlier ... read more
A camel is a horse designed by committee - sometimes a great deal of ingeneous artists doesn't guarantee an ingeneous album. I don't mean that Kaytranada's fourth studio album is a bad one, but I had expected better due to the list of contributors. Timeless remains pretty good and well produced R&B / hip hop / house musical entertainment but nothing what I will get back to often.
I'd like to invite the user who low-rated Scottish band Travis's tenth album L.A. Times for a further and deeper listening. My personal opinion is that the album is pretty better than the recent average of 67/100. Of course it's not the best Travis album ever and not each track of the LP is remarkable, but there are some really catchy "art pop rock songs" with "Bus", "Gaslight" and "L.A. Times" and as a whole L.A. Times shows of a kind of ... read more
Interesting post-rock EP, in particular "The Invisible Man" keeps me in its grip.
The first three tracks of Porter Robinson's 2024 are pretty nice, but the full album becomes a little bit boring in the long run, at least for my taste. Though: because to listen to Smile! :D remains a listening pleasure, my rating goes close to good.
Matt Johnsons's seventh studio album provides a rather unusal sound of The The, but who is surprised after almost a quarter of a century period without the realease of really new songs? The result is a dense and warm sound with subtle instrumentation, sophisticated lyrics about different themes such as political, personal or philosophical ones, sung with the wonderful voice of Matt. You have the choice to enjoy the impression of twelve well-balanced songs like from a single cast or to ... read more
This record needs your full attention and is not suitable to listen to it in the background. Therefore pay Canadian Inuk artist Tanya Tagaq for her third album Animism what it need and spend good 50 Minutes for an unusual and exceptional listening experience. If you are open it will be worth your time. It's not without reason that Tanya Tagaq was awarded for this album with the Polaris Music Prize 2014 - and that she took the opportunity to discuss and draw public awareness to the ... read more
Amon Tobin's Supermodified is an album which evokes the idea of the possibility to listen to it in a neverending loop.
Annie Clark's seventh studio album "All Born Screaming" demonstrates her abilities in several fields: songwriting, production, arrangement and performance. In additiion the all around successfull album shows St. Vincent's musical versatility and provides sophisitcated entertainment at its best.
Best album without vocals 2024, so far.
What do you need more? An acoustic guitar for enchanting guitar pattern and a voice for some nice tunes - and with the singer-songwriter qualities of a talented songwriter you get eleven warm and absorbing songs for a pleasant time of about 50 minutes, not less, not more. Good job, Luke, kudos to you.
The Pilgrim, Their God & The King Of My Decrepit Mountain is the convincing debut album of the band Tapir! from London. Their blend of post-punk, art pop and folk makes gives me the feel of a collaboration between Radiohead (in particular the first part of "On a Grassy Knoll" and "Swallow") and Animal Collective. Sounds a bit weird, but if you listen to the album several times (I did it three times in a row) you are able to imagine that, maybe.
The second studio album of The Marías Submarine is a wonderful dream pop record. In particular the rather calm songs "Real Life" or "Sienna" can absorb me for a small space of time.
alta's (Hannah and Julius Brunswick) debut album provides very pleasant and enjoyable music between ambient, electronic and trance. Something to relax groovy moving with different rhythms from gentle to lively. The calmer moments on this album such as the wonderful "Anything to Hurt You" are the highlights of this album, imo. Great slam by the band from Melbourne.
Update after listening to the full album with friends: Each song beside the first available "Alone" and "A Fragile Thing" keep up with their promise. Therefore my rating stays at 90. In conclusion "Songs of a Lost World" is the best The Cure album since Disintegration 1989, in my opinion.
Today I received the marble stone heavy weight bio vinyl edition via DHL from Danmark, one day beforehand the official reissue date, lucky me. Now I'm very excited to listen ... read more
Great debut album and a harbinger for things coming, such as the next two albums Souvlaki or Pygmalion.
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