While at times it leaves you hanging with some room for desire, as Jaco is an outstanding musician and composer who deliberately chose to tone down on the supportive, yet articulate role on the bass for a more forefront approach, bringing the instrument to the forefront of every mix. It's still certainly an eye-opener.
The bass isn't just a rhythm section. It exists in the mix, perfectly in the middle. The adhesive that houses the in between. Songs like Come On, Come over perfectly ... read more
Don't let my score fool you, this is the best album since Black Donkey by Deaftunes
Cynically Poignant, yet consistently rational.
You know, every time I sit down and actually try to seriously review an album. Long essay with paragraphs and all that -- I always try to do the album justice. I always try to convey what the album conveys through sounds and lyrics, through my own words. This album however, I can do no such thing. This album is so singularly jarring in it's own, sardonic, dire state of existence that it's impossible to pinpoint or articulate anything ... read more
Okay seriously!! This EP is OOZING with potential!
Man/Woman/Chainsaw is a band I found and was interested in due to their clever name, it's such a cool name for a band, come on. I checked out their, at the time, very small discography, and it didn't take long for the song "What Lucy Found There." to quickly become one of my favorite songs of 2023. It reeked of the theatrical fun Art Rock elements of say, a Squid, or Black Country, New Road. It was really ... read more
"Is this what dying feels like?"
Vaporwave. Let's talk vaporwave!! It could be as ambient as it is electric! As synth-y as it rough, grunge, or as anything. One of the things about Vaporwave is that it could wear the skin of any emotion really. It's really fascinating, like how on "I'll Try Living Like This" it chooses this, chronic, seemingly eternal, serial sense of unease. Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines unease as mainly, "vague ... read more