Took a bit to click with me but yeah it's amazing. Brims with emotion and personality all the way through, and shows an impressive amount of range, especially when juxtaposed against Porter's music from the 2010s. Lyrically, it is a solid critical examination of materialism, fan culture, nostalgia, and relationships, among other things.
Favorite Tracks: Year of the Cup, Is There Really No Happiness?
Least Favorite Track: Perfect Pinterest Garden
Some cool pop-y sad edm type songs, pretty enjoyable but a bit more inconsistent than Robinson's future works. Nonetheless, a very fun album
Favorite Track: Sad Machine
Least Favorite Track: Lionhearted
Jane Remover EASILY could have made symphony #5 but Beethoven couldn't have ever made ts not in a million years
Do you ever feel sad for no reason? Like out of nowhere you’re just sad, for no explanatory reason and all you can do is wait for it to pass. Sometimes it’s light but sometimes it can crush you to your core, it can make you feel absolutely worthless. One night over winter break was one of those times, and it was happening more and more around that time, it was the third night that week. That was the night I decided to revisit Frailty by Jane Remover. I had already heard the album ... read more
Great EP from Car Seat Headrest. If I had one critique it would be that a lot of the songs feel like they overstay their welcome a little bit, but I don't mind that much because they're really good songs.
I've said this about way too many songs at this point but this is simply the best song ever made.
Antikythera’s debut is a really good ambient project, and is some of my favorite work of theirs. A lot of songs are very simple, but it makes them a lot better in my opinion. When this album is at its best, there is a a certain beauty in it’s simplistic, ethereal compositions that evokes emotions very easily and puts you at ease, it’s great for thinking about your life or taking to calm yourself down after a hard day. This simplicity can sometimes backfire though, in my ... read more