prettymf

this isn't bad by any means and i love that we're getting a new record from maus after all these years but the vast majority of this comes across as him playing it a bit too safe. there's plenty of sonically pleasant, mellow synthwork on here per usual and some of his trademark deadpan humor comes through but its all done in such a directionless and mostly flat manner. a lot of the better moments just ultimately feel like blander retreads of his earlier material. came and got is ... read more

there's actually a lot of cool stuff going on here production-wise but holy shit these vocals are awful

retailmaxxing

given the lukewarm reception this effort has garnered so far and my general apathy to thom’s prior non-radiohead ventures i went into this with fairly tempered expectations. i wouldn’t say those expectations were shattered or anything but i liked this a fair bit more than i thought i would. it’s a much more mellow and subdued sound than his usual, almost minimalistic to a fault at points both on a structural and sonic level, but it all comes together pretty well. it maintains ... read more