Lucmun

When it comes to sampling infused IDM records, I'm definitely more of an Endtroducing guy. Untrue feels a lot more singular and isolating compared to DJ Shadow's classic; perhaps more mechanical as well. A machine trying to imitate human emotion yet feeling all the more uncanny for doing so.

For me, music has always been about transportation. What I mean by that is, music ignites my imagination in ways nothing else does and my all-time favourites (Lambchop, The Weakerthans, Laura Stevenson, Iona, etc) become a world unto themselves. Put on 'Chop's Is A Woman and I'm instantly transported to a dry field in the middle of spring, enjoying the warmth and fellowship of friends and relishing in my own company, while knowing that we're all shouldering each other's burdens and "blue ... read more

This is going to sound harsh and it is. I'm struggling to come up with a reason for why Coldplay should continue existing as a band. An established, iconic band of fully grown adults should not be writing music this juvenile, forced, and nonsensical. The record's one good pop song opens thing up only for it to spiral into a series of cliches that become increasingly shallow and musically valueless.

Coldplay has always been....forthright with their emotions and choice of words (hello "Fix ... read more

This record is locked in such a specific period of time that listening to it today feels like opening the crackling pages of an old photo album. While The Fray would quickly go on to worsen what was already a corny sound, HTSAL's depressive tones are somehow effective in melancholic hindsight.