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Beach Music has some of Alex G’s highest highs and arguably lowest lows, but over time (for me at least) even the songs I initially didn’t like have started to grow on me (Brite Boy, Ready, In Love), and it all starts to feel a lot more cohesive.

To me there’s a very obvious jump in production from DSU. He expands his sounds, explores more use of synths, and takes his vocal distortions to the next level; the song Station is the best example of this IMO. You won’t hear ... read more

Headlights is pretty much every other Alex G album: some really good songs, some you don’t like at first but grow on you over time, and a couple skips. That being said, this is one of his best produced albums and might be his most cohesive project yet front to back. His albums tend to be a little all over the place- which is part of the charm- and in some ways this one is, but the themes of each song flow together really well.

I wanted a few more songs that I really loved (like June ... read more

This album has a bunch of interesting production and ideas throughout. It’s ambitious and fascinating to listen to. That being said, it’s not the masterpiece like a lot of people on here claim it to be. A lot of the sounds on here feel derivative of other artists like Frank Ocean and Joji just to name a couple. To me sounds like a talented artist trying to create something larger than life, and in some ways it is, but overall it kinda feels like it’s forced. Like it’s ... read more