Happy 2 year anniversary to my second favorite album of all time. I’m a little sick today so this review might not be as good as I was hoping, but I hope I can give this album justice.
I remember never having heard of Jockstrap two years ago when this album came out, and about a day after the release of I Love You Jennifer B, my favorite instagram music review account reviewed this album and gave it a 10. I was intrigued, so I decided to give it a listen one day after school. To say I ... read more
definitely a downgrade from mercurial world. that being said, this was much better than i was expecting after the singles; death and romance was the only single i really liked but they were much better within the context of the album. about the music itself, i think the production is actually slightly better than their previous stuff and i love the ethereal sounding instrumentals and each individual sound is great. as a whole, a lot of songs kinda fall flat due to poor structuring. all the ... read more
This is one of the most albums of all time. This is definitely some of the music ever made.
yall there is no way
this album is a huge step up in quality from frailty, especially in the songwriting department, i was honestly impressed by how much the lyrics were just straight up insane at some points
her voice also sounds a lot better here, idk what happened between the two albums but it just feels more natural and better for the slower, sadder stuff than the more upbeat stuff on frailty
there are also GOOD SONGS HERE NOWAY like all the snippets i had heard that made me not like it ... read more
this album is like how all the twitter nerds describe the lamb as effigy. its completely style over substance. jane spends too much time incorporating different elements of what makes music great while forgetting to make actual good music. no songs really stuck out at all. album is also too long even though its less than an hour it feels much longer because its really just background music with no substance at all. there are a ton of good ideas here, but they are all merely ideas that havent ... read more