After the slightly disappointing Pablo Honey, i have finally listened to Radiohead's second album: The Bends, which really shows a lot of improvement from all the tracks in the first album. This time the songs felt much less generic and much less the same with each other, but instead each one managed to somehow sound different from the others; maybe except for three tracks of the album, that will be named afterwards. I was actually very conflicted about rating some of the songs because i ... read more
Overall a good sensual, violent and deep album which i found awesome to listen to in the first two thirds of the songs; however i felt like they kinda fell in quality and uniqueness in the last third. This although doesnt take away that it has some very good peaks, such as Sextape, which is the best song of the album by a long shot. Ironically, i found more appealing songs that were rated lower than those that the majority most enjoys: for example i did like Diamond Eyes, but i didnt find it ... read more
This is one of those albums that you cant morally skip if you like the genre. Aphex Twin, one of the pioneers of IDM, composed this album when he still was a teenager, but it sounds like something a very experienced musicist would do. These all diverse sounds, some almost ethereal, all put together, make up very relaxing but at the same time futuristic tracks that are absolutely timeless. One could listen to this album after decades and it will still sound fresh, even if it was made in the ... read more
Decided to finally listen to some Tame Impala since everyone has talked about him very well, and my god if this album was surprising. The themes are scarily relatable, going from relationship disappointments to overthinking, some of the verses in the songs really striked with me (especially the "Every man is happy until happiness is the goal"), and the use of sound was very well executed, especially in the last song, where the intensity of the negative culminates in a slow, sad song, ... read more
Pretty good (i especially like the bassline) but it's SOO long and repetitive. If there were more variation the rating would have been higher
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