The instrumentals are good, because of course they're good – look at the list of people involved. Still, there's something so incredibly tiring about Greep's shtick, and it's only becoming more and more obvious as he releases more music. Sure, it was interesting to listen to him sing about these doomed and flawed characters, but at some point, it becomes grating when every female character involved is either a prostitute or an object of sexual desire, and that is still ... read more
This has 'Pain' on it, which automatically makes it Sematary's best. Combine that with excellent hooks, great guest verses, an aesthetic that has been copied countless times since – even by Sematary himself – without any proper success, and you have yourself one of the best tapes of the 2010s.
Let me start off by saying that I have an extremely soft spot for the numbered albums, and probably cut them a lot more slack than other people do. They mark the beginning of a prolific and incredibly consistent creative output that Will Toledo would release in the following years, and with Car Seat Headrest being one of my all time favorites, I find it difficult to dislike any projects, yet alone the charming numbered albums.
The tape reversing, the almost headache-inducing reverb, the ... read more
The GTBSG project is packed with early songs by Drain Gang members, and not even for a moment does it get boring or over-long. It’s just as dreamy as the rest of their early works, drenched in autotune and atmospheric pads with repetitive rapping.
‘Moon Girl’ is probably my favorite Thaiboy Digital song of all time, and I just wish it went on for twice as long as it does. The atmosphere it manages to build is comparable with pretty much any other alternative R&B project ... read more