Ugh. Marry me please. Thanks.
What a rich, beautiful album. Lucy Dacus is a fully formed master worker. Although the driving instrumentals are really conduits for her lyrical prowess, they aren't half-baked. They add so much to each clever one-liner and devastating couplet. This is rock on a new level. Think MY WOMAN by Angel Olsen but emotionally richer (how? right?) and more perfect in it's economy. A great album.
nice GBV-esque power pop. nothing to write home about but then again, who writes home about albums? My mother would not care in the slightest
TLH goes Pavement. Good, not great. The messages are so acidic and strong but are often lost in the haze of garage bombast. Caleb, it's ok. Better times are ahead.
Wins award for sharpest disconnect between first and second listens.
1: SO FUN.
2: THIS IS SO BORING.
I hate this because the aesthetic is SO up my alley. But nothing stuck as particularly interesting or enjoyable. ARGH.
Does enjoying Colonizer make someone a bad person? Asking for a friend. Thx. xx
So invested in creating and cultivating that 80s aesthetic that they forgot to make satisfying songs. Oops. I can jive with Me and Michael though. It's a clever move. Michael is a popular name.
Exciting! Visceral! Fun! But I don't want to listen to it again. It's nothing interesting, it's just propulsive and cool. Does that make sense? I have saved the opener and Erasure. The rest was good music. But. Eh.
The least ambitious album I've ever heard. Makes for some killer background chill music though. Big fan of Come Te Quiero.
Wow wow wow. Incredible music that does some very rare and wonderful things. It manages to be driving, inspirational and powerful on a compositional and instrumental scale, but the lyrics and unique delivery shoots it into the stratosphere. I am still in awe over how a 16 minute song can be interesting in every way and great to listen to the whole way through without being a pretentious post-prog-rock suite. Amazing. Loved Sober to Death, Nervous Young Inhumans, Bodys, Famous Prophets most of ... read more
Not my cuppa I think. Technically superb, but it never hit me beyond a surface level. It's supposed to be some political statement as well, but the lyrics were buried in layers of haze and thick drums and bass. So I didn't get it.
Too big for it's britches sometimes, but definitely deserves more attention than it got. Lyrically dense and very powerful. Chiaroscuro in the midst of intense rock struck me like nothing else. Remember, Algernon, Wake and Sleep were all highlights in a sprawling, affecting journey of indie bombast. Deserves multiple listens and a reading along.
What an excellent album. Every song is interesting, every song inspires some unique feeling, and it can be quite emotive at some points. The duo of Soft Season and Opener is awe-inspiring. The best album of the year so far.