OhMyJools

(JuliaLosesMusic)

The only advantage of the new album Imagine Dragons over their previous work, released a few years ago, is that it looks a little more holistic. Unlike Origins, where we could observe an indistinct mess of completely incongruous, but equally disgusting songs, there is a sense of a common sound and style on here (except for a few points). But it's still worse than mediocre, even for mainstream pop.

We can shout here as much as we like that this is the worst album of the year, but that won't change anything. This music will continue to receive tens of millions of streams every freakin' month. Adam Levine will continue to cash in checks while independent artists worthy of attention receive a pittance from streaming services. This world cannot be saved.

Soundtrack album for a long night trip. Only if you are not a driver, of course. It is strongly discouraged for a driver to listen to this album during a night trip - it will certainly work as a lullaby. But the problem with Wolf Alice's third album, of course, is not that.

I have no big complaints about the way it is written, done, and sung. I would reorganize the tracklist a bit because the sequence of tracks as it is seems strange, but in general, these are really beautiful (in form) songs ... read more

When a band that "live" on your regular playlist for the fourth year, finally releases their debut full length - it's always a special feeling, a special moment. Therefore, for the next weekend, the rest of the albums released today will have to wait for my attention: I have listened to this one three times already, which is enough for me to understand everything about it to write this text, but not enough like for a person who has waited so many years. Nevertheless, I will try as ... read more