Brian Eno went "I'm going to invent music that's just noises for 20 minutes" and he was so right for it
I've known about Orville Peck since his debut and I adore his look and overall vibe (the more gay cowboys there are in the world the better) but I struggled to ever really get into his first album, mainly because his vocals just didn't work for me, especially paired with some of the agonizingly slow instrumentals. This is the first (piece of a) project that really works for me and I'm looking forward to what's in store from here
This was the album that first drew me into Chelsea Wolfe's music, because the cover is so striking. I honestly like the idea of what this album could've been better than what it actually is, but I'm always a sucker for heavy guitar and I think Chelsea makes for a very interesting metal artist
The opening track Carrion Flowers fucking BANGS and the atmosphere of this entire album is incredible. Chelsea's vocals are their best when paired with crushing instrumentals
This is a solid album but it's inescapably from the early-mid 2010s. That blown out, dark electropop style, while executed very well on this album, is inescapably cemented a certain period of time for me and it honestly makes this a slog to listen to at some points. I think if I'd listened to it between 2013-2017 it could've been one of my favorite albums of that era but trying to get into it retrospectively, it doesn't feel like anything super special
More polished than Garlands but still very looming and dreary in a nice way
Sometimes I like listening to artists' discographies in full chronological order, and I guess that's what I'm doing for Cocteau Twins. Since I don't have a great impression of their later albums yet I'm not sure how this will compare but I really enjoy how weird and droney this project is, the vocals are odd but very distinct and fun. No single song really really stuck with me besides Wax and Wane, but it's an enjoyable listen
We live in a society
In seriousness though, after listening to them back to back, I actually like this better than Lift Your Skinny Fists. Not by much at all, they're 2 of the best albums I've ever heard, but there's something so desolate about this one. It reminds me of being a little kid and watching the sky turn weird colors right before the tornado sirens started. It also evokes the same feelings that the YouTube animated series Interface evokes (highly recommend both the animation and its ... read more
Incredibly soothing and nostalgic for something I can't really put into words. It reminds me of being a little kid and watching it storm outside. I want to rate it higher but idk if it's really something I could recommend, it just works for me
This is what I imagine a modern Dionysian woodland cult would sound like, just vibing drunk out by a river in the sunshine
Music to simulate sobbing in your car in a busy grocery store parking lot and people are looking at you funny through the windows but they can't actually stare or see if you're okay so you're just crying outside an Albertson's in what amounts to a fish bowl and you cant even be embarassed about crying in public because you're 1 more minor inconvenience away from completely fucking losing it and that's what this album feels like
I accidentally entered the rating as 7/100 at first Marina I'm so sorry. Honestly it's been so long since I consistently listened to Marina and this album in specific that most of my memories of it are hearing it play over the speakers every single fucking time my family went to our local truck stop Denny's for several years
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