★★★★½
Hadn't listened till this week, now it's my most listened for the month. A really fantastic country pop album.
Top Two: Slow Burn, High Horse
lyrics are still not as solid as trench, but better than the early stuff and sai. music and production is lit. Dun's drumming helps a lot.
★★★★☆
Adam Young is such an interesting guy. I relistened to Ocean Eyes and really didn't connect. I think this album aged much better. It's odd (it includes the challenger disaster speech over an instrumental?), but it is well-produced and Young's lyrics are much more tolerable than his later work.
Top Two: Angels, Alligator Sky (No Rap Version)
I dig the country flair. Her earlier duo with Zach Bryan was a great pair.
★★★★½
Honestly could go up. I don't know why I had never listened to this, but this is a genuinely amazing folk rock/protest album. I often find this genre too on the nose, but Chapman's voice, her lyrics, and the production elevate this album to an ever-present classic.
★★★½☆
I enjoy this album, but after three listens to try and see what jumps out, nothing really does. It's a solid post-hardcore album, but it's not anything monumental. Which, honestly, is fine with me.
★★★½☆
Seems to be a weirdly forgotten 70s power pop group. No clue where I got this record, but it's not bad.
EDIT: Just randomly stumbled across the fact that their guitarist/one of their vocalists was the English dub voice of Meowth, James, and Professor Oak? ROTFL.
The Parting Glass is a fantastic folk song - even Ed Sheeran's version is good - but the cover is insane. Beautiful, simple, affecting.
★★★☆☆
Red's rerelease made me reappraise it for the better, this did the complete opposite.
roger waters exposing critics, can i get paid to give every album an 80?
★★★★★
which state is javelin?
this is an insane album, what a blessing to the ears, I am truly speechless rn.
Top Two: Goodbye Evergreen, Will Anybody Ever Love Me?
★★★★☆
Who would've thought, LESS production makes Ed better. /s
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