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Foals venture into a dreamier indie rock sound in their second effort, and while it doesn’t reach the energetic highs of their Debut, it’s still a very good album. A problem with this album is the mixing. Antidotes didn’t have fantastic mixing either but the sound of that album was quite straightforward and simple, so it didn’t matter. But when you’re trying to achieve a fleshed out, complex, and dreamier sound like in this album, the mixing is gonna have to be ... read more

Holy Money combines the harsh violence of Filth and Cop and the atmospheric tension of Greed, and it works very well for the most part. This album has a very minimalistic, industrial sound that works well in tracks like A Screw and Money Is Flesh #2 but falls flat in tracks like A Hanging and You Need Me. The album also doesn’t really pick up in heaviness until Track 4 “A Screw (Holy Money), the first 3 tracks are all very slow and boring. And as is traditional with early Swans most ... read more

Gorillaz’s debut album is extremely promising, but it has quite a couple of flaws to keep in mind. But let’s talk about the positives first, shall we?
The sound of this album is captivating. It has this swampy, foggy trip hop sound to it, which I really enjoy. The hip-hop influences on this album are very obvious, with most of the tracks having a really lo-fi kind of sound to it. Both Clint Eastwood and Rock the House have featured verses from Del the Funky Homosapien from Deltron ... read more

While not as exciting or groundbreaking as it sounded in 2012, The Money Store is still an exciting, weird, experimental, and overall it’s ages quite well. Most of my enjoyment of this album comes from just how energetic and fun it can be while also sounding angry and intimidating. This album just pumps me up, it’s almost impossible to stay still while listening to it, it just makes me wanna fucking smash something (in a good way)

Faves: Hacker, The Fever, The Cage, Punk Weight, ... read more