metacullen

WHERE'S MY MOM?? I WANNA HOLD HER TIGHT!!

This one gets a bad wrap from the die-hards for being too mainstream, and I can kinda understand that. Overall it's pretty poppy and you definitely feel Deak's absence. It's still a dope summertime feel good album, with loads of hits. And pretty cool to see Panda take the reigns on an LP. Hedonism, love and dead fathers in the 21st century.

Best Cuts: Brothersport, Summertime Clothes, In The Flowers, My Girls, Bluish

What an outstanding breakthrough album. folksy, psychedelic, playful, dark and eccentric all at once. Listen to it once and the next thing ya know, people are giving you looks for singing "in winter time I have no legs, just stumps of meat below me" to yourself all day. Fantastic from start to finish.

Best Cuts: WInter's Love, College, Mouth Wooed Her, Leaf House

Man this album is a tricky one. It's the first anco album I truly fell in love with, so it holds some sentimental value. Probably has their best opener, closer and centerpiece AND was recorded in Seattle (206 represent). But with all the tedious tracks on here, the liveliness just feels (ha) few and far between. The instrumentation is great as usual, the lyrics are filled with emotion and the harmonies are stunning at times. They've just made better projects than this throughout the ... read more