a stride so precisely in the right direction that you're gonna need a protractor. steve lacy & malcolm todd sort of form two halves of my strongest inspiration for simple songwriting, it feels weightless how they create. he holds up his part of the deal and then some on this project. Mercury makes me want to get up and dance with someone. Bad Habit might just be a perfect pop song. IDK man this is incredible work and I'll wait however long it takes for whatever's up next
steve lacy's debut is rough around the edges with some undercooked concepts and decisions i genuinely don't understand, but it paints a complete picture of his potential as an artist. there are enough tracks on here that i unequivocally love that it would have had me sold if it was my first exposure to him.
7 great songs with absolutely no bullshit is a refreshing experience. this is mostly a display of consistency and it makes perfect sense why it's been foundational for so many people
I definitely like these guys most when they're doing their most energetic work (which is still at like a 4 but we have to be relative here.) the gentle yacht rock stuff that you might hear by a pool still displays a lot of respectable musicianship but doesn't do anything to capture me, and if one of ... read more
the JRCU (jane remover cinematic universe) is becoming hard to trace
since this is basically a very polished hour long dj set i basically just rated every track based on how much fun i had