rileyegan
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"to love me is to suffer me"
For context, I listened to this album for the first time on a mountain in Iceland which resulted in potentially the most cathartic musical experience I've ever had the pleasure of having so if my score is inherently biased, that's why.
Ethel Cain has for quite some time now been one of my favorite artists to shine in the 2020's. "Preacher's Daughter" from 2022 was one of, if not my favorite record to come out that year, ... read more
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Finally out of the Drake gauntlet...
I have very little to say about "MAID OF HONOUR". It's a little dancier and a little more energetic that "ICEMAN" and "HABIBTI" which I can appreciate - but there's so much shit going on in the production and there are so many awful creative decisions like the Cha Cha Slide interpolation on "Cheetah Print" which might take the cake as the worst verse of the year. It's got a little bit more oompf in the ... read more
"HABIBTI" sees Drake scrambling to resuscitate his relevance by grasping at his R&B roots but the result just feels like a last ditch effort to capitalize off of his fans' nostalgia for his prime. Drake sounds asleep at the wheel here, and while "HABIBTI" spares the listener with his "woe is me" cries and whines that "ICEMAN" was littered with, it feels truly aimless and lacks any real substance outside of sounding "sexy" which just ... read more
I remember how it felt discovering Genesis Owusu's music in 2021. He was such an electric personality and defied genres so effortlessly delivering neo-soul, experimental hip hop, post-punk, and dance all in one package with "Smiling With No Teeth". It was one of my favorite records to release that year, followed by a slightly more underwhelming but still quality "STRUGGLER" in 2023. "REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE" feels like a return to form, juggling ... read more
My GOATs aren't washed!!
I'll be honest, I'm a bit of a fake fan. "You Forgot It In People" is one of my favorite albums of all time - not only a pioneer of the early 2000's indie rock sound that influenced artists for decades to come, but also a wildly inventive, whimsical, experimental approach to the tried and true genre at the time. With that being said, I've never tapped into any of their other records. To be honest, it's an intimidating task. I ... read more
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Albums I like enough to buy on vinyl. I also own Weezer's Pacific Daydream but I hate it and refuse to include it.
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Albums that have meant something to me either currently or at some point of my life. Albums that have made me cry, albums that have made me smile, albums that have changed me.
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My dad made a list of the albums that influenced him over the years and I've taken it upon myself to listen to every single one of them because I love my dad.
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Member since February 7, 2021