Neanea

I remember when this was unreleased and Donald had been livestreaming it on his website. Upon that listen, I had really enjoyed it but I didn't realise how long some of the songs were. The slight instrumental switches didn't help them from feeling like a drag on my listens after release. I also didn't enjoy how most of the songs ended with near to dead air, it was unnecessary to me. Anyway, I really like the groovy vibes Donald Glover can give. All the songs are nice really except for ... read more

Even though I rarely come back to this album, it was alright, especially for D Smoke's first proper studio album. The instrumentals were alright. Nothing different but they were nice to listen to for the most part. This excludes "Gaspar Yanga" as it sounded too bland and the sample didn’t help either. The song was more of an entertainment song, even down to the lyrics. Some songs should have been taken out; the album dragged on for too long with the last couple of songs just ... read more

What Could Possibly Go Wrong? This whole album apparently. It’s nothing above meh.

Lyrics were ok, for cheesy Indie-Pop anyway. I’ll commend Dominic Fike for having some different sounding instrumentals throughout the album as if he stuck to one style, it would have been way more boring. The instrumentals are still quite basic though, bland Hollister/Indie retail shop music if you will. His vocals weren’t enough for me to save this album either. The vocal effects put on his ... read more

This was certainly good but not worth such a long wait.
I liked all the instrumentals apart from the one for “Ezekiel’s Wheel” and “Flux Capacitor” but that’s only 2 out of 10. The stock sound effects that appeared in some songs were a weird choice. Instrumentals had a more underground abstract sound which I liked. There was good lyricism and nice storytelling on here for sure. They definitely didn’t hold back on their vocabulary. I do agree that if ... read more