hwkn

instrumentals are honestly pretty competent, but the writing on half the songs made my eyes roll into the back of my skull every 20 seconds so I guess it balances out

Favs: midnight love, ., Body And Mind

I do have a very small amount of nostalgia for this album, but ILLENIUM was never anywhere close to being one of my favorite EDM producers and my opinion of him has only gone down over time. Most of what he makes I would describe as "polished slop", decently catchy if you turn your brain off but offering very little in the way of substance. But hey there's some decent outliers, and nothing offensive to the ears on here (unless you decide to listen to the bonus tracks, which... ... read more

Had no clue that Madonna had an album that sounds like this. Absolutely entrancing

Favs: *Frozen, *Drowned World / Substitute for Love, Swim, Skin, The Power of Good-Bye, Sky Fits Heaven

A collection of very creative and out-there instrumentals, the sound palette used here is super unique. Not all of the choices land for me like these minor vocal chops emulating fairies or something, but they do at least add to the mystical fantasy vibe of the album. Easy standout for me is '暗叫', I don't know why but the melody reminds me of something out of Undertale except instead of chiptune it's much more jazzy and extravagant

Favs: *暗叫, 夜想天鐘, ... read more