OugiAOTY

Nice enough dance punk record that could have benefitted a lot from a more focused tracklist. The instrumentation is really good I just wish some tracks had been longer and more fleshed out, and the lack of variety doesn’t help. Fun listen nonetheless, but there’s some untapped potential for sure

I’ve never been able to get into one of Lucy’s projects as much as I wanted, there was always something holding me back, but even then her albums always had something memorable about them that made their flaws easier to ignore. “Home Video” is still my favorite of her projects because, despite some weaker tracks, it never felt boring, Lucy not only had something to say but a clear idea on how to say it. “Forever is a feeling” also had something to say for ... read more

I came into this record with low expectations after I didn’t like any of the singles and I got more or less exactly what I expected. Unfortunately, what seemed to be her big return to form ended up being mostly underwhelming, outside of a few songs you don’t even really see her characteristic eccentricity that made her so memorable in her early days, most of these songs either feel really generic or extremely derivative. Even the big “alternative” moments fall flat for ... read more

Unfortunately suffers from the usual problem projects like this have, where the powerful and anthemic nature of every song ends up making the album feel way too same-y, but I decided to be very generous with the rating because of the concept and story of the album, which I ended up being very invested in by the end (especially during the closer, easily the biggest highlight of the album)