Took me a while to get into this, but by the second half I was really feeling this. Sometimes I wish the production was a little cleaner, but I suppose that would also take away from the album’s core appeal.
A big step forward compared to their debut album, though still nowhere near as groundbreaking as later albums. It'll be fun to see how Fear of Music bridges the gap between this and Remain in Light.
Mount Eerie as an album is, in many ways, a harbinger of things to come. Of Phil Elverum's continued revisiting of the same themes over and over again, and of his transitioning from one musical project to another.
On the record's opening track, The Sun, Phil slowly builds up a pulsating rhythm from the dead space that marked the end of The Glow, Pt. 2, the peak of The Microphones' career. From there he continues to build this cohesive yet fragmented, sprawling yet intimate opus of his, ... read more
Yes, it's a little underdeveloped, but overall I liked the direction Little Simz went with this EP. Let's hope the next project is a little longer, though.
This is pretty dope. Let's hope they do a full collab album.
This made my limbs shake, my blood boil, and my head fucking explode. Just absolutely insane stuff and a strong contender for the best debuts ever.
Grandiose, beautiful, infectious. It's got some ballads, it's got some bangers. Overall, this is a really good debut and I can't wait to see what this band does next.
Still one of the best things that this band has ever done.
[100 -> 97]
[100] Possibly the most gorgeous album I've ever heard?
[97] I'm sorry, but 'Sun In My Mouth' and 'Harm of Will' are kinda the same song.
Compared to Remain in Light, this feels like Talking Heads playing it safe. That being said, even if this isn't as rhythmically insane, it is still catchy as hell.
RATING UPDATE = [89 -> 93]
The more I listen to Speaking in Tongues, the better it gets. It's impossible to not bop your head along to this album.
heh... 77 for 77!
In all seriousness though, this is a pretty good debut album of a band that would prove to be able to do much better in the future. It's a bit corny sometimes, but I guess that oddball energy is part of Talking Heads' charm.
The line between ironic and unironic enjoyment is a thinner line than most would expect. Luckily for Cheekface, they stay on the unironic side of the line even this album is resoundly 'cheeky'.
Wall of Eyes is more concise and focused than The Smile's debut, which is a good thing. The Krautrock tracks in the first half didn't really work for me, but apart from that I think the album does a good job at establishing a distinct identy from the group other than just "Radiohead lite" through these beatiful methodical pieces of art rock.
It is incredible that plastic death sounds as cohesive as it does. Sometimes it's a shimmering piece of Indie Rock that wouldn't sound out of place on Venice Beach, whilst other times it's a dense wall of noise impossible to scale. At its most ambitious, it comes close to being a modern rock opera. Sadly, as a whole this album isn't as forward-thinking as it could be, but that doesn't mean it isn't always a fun ride.
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