there are two types who'll find this: people who already know about kiran leonard and will tell you that this is the "weaker half" of the album, and those who'll stumble across it, like me, and just think it's great.
where pt.1 is leonard alone with his electric guitars and his drones with a more long-form, knotty sound, this is something else more suited to my preferences: strings, woodwind, and beautiful vocals and writing i need to delve into deeper. this year ... read more
two hour drive back from the beach, a full car, blinding sun, heat like an oven, a screaming 7-year-old, and the smell of people eating food was maybe the most overstimulating time I could listen to this album, but it was still great.
black midi breaks up, but now we just get two albums, so who can complain! the first thing you notice with this album is how theatrical it is, and to be insufferable and make the comparison straight away, it generally leans into a more acoustic, uniform sound ... read more
if you took a Dr House smut fanfic and Björk album from another world and combined them, you'd expect a similar sound to this.
small side tangent here, I never really know what to write when talking about albums as acclaimed as this one. I mean sure, its production is phenomenal, and the instrumentation is just as good, but everyone in the world has said something similar or even the opposite, to the point it feels redundant to share my thoughts on it; ironically enough there are ... read more
I don't trust you if "Little Green" doesn't stir up any emotion.
what is music if not honest, intimate, and beautiful? I think when it comes to records so acclaimed like this one, it can be hard to not be compelled to give it a high rating no matter your feelings toward it, but this really is just one of the best. if something can make you cry and think about parts of your own life in the way "Blue" does. It captures the essence of what it's all really about: ... read more