My kind of music

Back in like November a couple of the tracks from here auto played late at night to me on Spotify and I couldn’t remember the artists name. But, over the next month I had the melodies stuck in my head pretty often.
Only since the new year did I decide to go and visit the full album once I found the track I liked again (which was Blinkmoth)

The rest of the album does not disappoint, as a brilliant ambient experience with gorgeous vocals and consistently catchy ... read more

I’m gonna forget about the ROT tracks as I don’t think they add anything to the experience and aren’t necessary.
Other than that, this is a near perfect album with incredible creative twists in every track. A great listen throughout.

I particularly like CUT cos the production sounds like Risk of Rain 2 music haha

If I said I liked this would I get lots of bravos and hurrahs from music critics?
It’s a shame, the instrumentals are mostly entertaining and well put together. But the spoken word monotone “intellectual” thing really does absolutely nothing for me.

This was really hard to get through

This has to be reviewed on its own merits otherwise it’s completely shadowed by Aeroplane.
There is definitely a lot to enjoy here, but the peaking guitar and droney vocals do not land here how they clearly are capable of.

Overall, it’s pretty good. Pree-Sisters Swallowing a Donkeys Eye is quite definitely the worst on the tracklist. Other than this, it’s got a lot of merit.

They had such a unique sound with Jinji Kikko, and whilst this new album sounds nice I’d argue it’s a downgrade from the old style.

Also I hate the cover

This is one of the most thought provoking and complex albums I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to.

It is quite an incredible thing that music is capable of, to hit you so deep in your soul that you grapple with mortality and evaluate everything you’ve ever done, or will ever do.
Few albums take me to this place, and when they do the listening experience sticks with me for years. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is one of these albums. I think it is important that as we get ... read more

One of the most essential and gorgeous shoegaze albums.
Whilst I think the genre has evolved in meaningful ways in the last 30 years, meaning I more often revisit modern shoegaze, Souvlaki still stands pretty strong in competition.

Also I’m hungry now.

I wrote in my Getting Killed review that Geese just isn’t really for me, and that’s true.
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t think Heavy Metal is for sure the best thing I’ve heard from Cameron, this album really is quite good.

Very immersive jazz record. Free-flowing and engaging.
Did however find the runtime dragged a little, and I am unlikely to regularly revisit.

A lot of people have tried to convince me that Cameron Winter is the second coming and I’m gonna be so honest but I really just don’t see it.

Not to say this, or Heavy Metal, or anything else I’ve heard is bad. I really think this is an incredibly solid, emotionally resonant project. Probably only something I would choose to listen to when in a specific frame of mind, but definitely work I can appreciate and enjoy.

So I’m gonna leave it at that because I know how Geese ... read more

I think when I hear Giorgio Moroder say “the synthesiser is the sound of the future” on RAM, this album is now forefront of my mind.

I mean I really like the album cover

Samuel is by far the best song here, but overall a really nice project with great production!

Production is super cool! Nothing very unique going on here, it’s a very heavily heavily inspired style. Not unpleasant to listen to, but I don’t think I would find myself looking to revisit anytime soon

I really liked Romeo & Juliet, think that’s the most consistent track here

Some potential with the samples, song starts and you go right this is the one - then it just… happens. Hooks you in and then nothing to keep you there.

I suppose an interesting concept for an album presented here? But honestly it just didn’t impress me. Even where the album picks up on the better tracks it just has some poor element that makes me not want to relisten.

Also I’m sorry but Loss is a Lesson is a shockingly bad song ahahahaha

A beautifully crafted journey

This is my favourite video game soundtrack of all time

Good shit Chris

Bizarre, unpredictable, catchy and groovy.

Ariel Pink is definitely a visionary in the pop space, just one that takes some slight mental adjustment.

Always hard to rate/review art from artists that may be a bad person in their personal life. I’m choosing to review this as an independent piece of art.

With the release of Unshrouded, I think it’s only fair that I drop a quick review for one of my favourite underrated LPs from 2018. It doesn’t have as many stand out tracks and moments as Melodys debut self titled, but it’s undeniably a quirky catchy album that’s super worth a listen.

Breathe In, Breathe Out and Shrim are particular favourites of mine. I actually discovered Melody when this album released and I was in college because I stumbled upon Shrim in a random ... read more

Really loved the singles, but wasn’t majorly impressed with the rest of the album. I do think it’s a pleasant listen, but certainly not any kind of evolution or resurgence for them. Self titled still stands as their best work, by far.