Not a review of the album, but a personal essay/analysis on the closing track, I Know. I hope this will suffice.
"I Know"
I have been obsessed with music for as long as I can remember. When we lived in Singapore, I stole my sister’s iPod Shuffle. I was about seven years old. She had twenty songs downloaded on the tiny, square device, but I would only listen to one: Ribs by Lorde. The song is about friendship and the loss of adolescence. Kiwi teenager Ella Marija Lani ... read more
"All of my ideas turn to content / They can be conceived 'til they're read"
Wallows was the first band I obsessed over. Five years ago, I would've easily given this a 100. It's definitely not a 100 to me anymore, but I still love it. You could say it's because of nostalgia, but I genuinely think these songs made me in a way. Treacherous Doctor was everything to me, especially that big distortion breakdown after the bridge. The album got me to fall in love with transitions between ... read more