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I feel defeated. Not disappointed, because after tortured poets my expectations were at a record low, but I feel crestfallen that this is where we are at.

This starts off bad. Fate of ophelia is full of subpar lyricism which is made exponentially worse by the ridiculous misuse of Hamlet's Ophelia. How can you take a character and tragedy so extremely well known; a story of unnecessary violence and cruelty that drives Ophelia into madness and subsequently death, and twist it into a ... read more

Wow. I can see this going up even higher later on. As someone that strongly dislikes Preachers daughter, this fixes everything wrong with it. Wow. Like i'm lost for words. The two singles here stand out as the weakest tracks, and thats because the rest of the album is so stunning. There are three fully ambient tracks on here and one mostly ambient and they are some of the most beautiful pieces of music ive heard in ages. But she doesn't slack at ALL in the song writing. Viscerally ... read more

Pop music is in a bit of a weird place right now. Its divided into singer songwriter fair like Gracie Abrams and Taylor Swift, but then more straightforward commercial pop like Sabrina Carpenter and Tate Mcrae. And because of this division, most pop releases are being received pretty favourably, because we have a dichotomy of genre to compare it too instead of a singular stream of slop.

This is partially because of the clash between Taylor Swift being perceived as the number one pop power and ... read more

So my opinions on Ethel are extremely mixed, I despise some of her songs but her standouts are truly phenomenal. I stand by the fact that a lot of her music feels EXTREMELY un-concise, but Famous Last Words is short but spacious, it doesn't meander along to the crescendo like most of her songs, and her vocals here are so gorgeous that every second is beautiful. Also lyrically better than half of preachers daughter!! sorry I said it. And they're both about eating people so how about ... read more