Perhaps the greatest outlier in their discography, and probably their most conventional rock record, albeit with a healthy dusting of bossa nova. The songwriting is far more simplistic than the records that follow, nothing runs quite so long (Only A Fool Would Say That wraps up in under three minutes, late-era Dan would never!) but that isn't to suggest it's without ambition, especially when compared to, you know, anyone other than themselves. It's fairly consistently quality ... read more
Are you joking? What a special record. Your Gold Teeth to My Old School might be their best three-song run. Gooooood gravy.
A cup of warm soup, really quite digestible. All said, it isn't far off Katy Lied, but the front half is just soooooo good. The piano work of Rikki, the nasty riff on Night by Night, the hook on Barrytown, yeesh. There's definitely less than essential stuff on here — who needed Through With Buzz? — but there's enough here to keep me excited about the band.
A bit of a misstep? To pull from Gerard Way, it lacks greatness. Even Bad Sneakers is a bit of a head-scratching single, the melodies just don't come together for me. That said, there's plenty to like — I'm a big fan of every other song, especially Your Gold Teeth II. Love to here these guys take a groove on a walk.
Doesn't quite deliver but still an impressive project. I'm not entirely convinced that Kim has finally found their fire here — obviously this is her best album, but how much is that is just far better production?
A gift that just keeps giving. Among the most persistently enjoyable records I've ever heard. There's no weak link. The scenes are all so rich, so evocative. Steely Dan at their very, very best.
Oh wow. They weren't kidding. The title track is the sort of song you wanna live and die to, utterly wonderful. It takes at least twenty-five minutes for anything on here to not be perfect, and even then you can do far worse than this record's tail end. A total classic.
Been absolutely caning Steely Dan this month, they're the real deal, and this record is a total blast, groovy as all hell. Kid Charlemagne is an obvious standout, but Don't Take Me Alive might have it beat for me, what a chorus hook. The whole first half is near perfection. Still, I'd pretty confidently rate it below Aja or Gaucho. At least a couple of songs on here could have a minute or so trimmed off, and Haitian Divorce just doesn't sound great to my ears (that talkbox ... read more
Genuinely excellent. There's a pretty dicey section just before the whole thing takes flight, but it's otherwise just a wonderful bit of hyper-balladry
Oh yay! I liked Friko's last project well enough but I'm thrilled to say this is really working for me. Adore his voice. Dear Bicycle did psychic damage. Excellent work.
It's good! Smooth pop with a middle eastern dressing, it's a great fit
Oh boy oh boy oh boy
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Ludicrously boring. You put on any one of these songs at a party and the floor is empty.
For me, the first big music win of 2026. I love these guys separately, I love spontaneous art, and I love this project.
Broadly a catastrophe, and one which, for me, signals the end of Taylor Swift as a serious artist. Atrocious lyrics atop awful hooks and the same comatose production she's been resting on since Midnights. It seems she's either stopped caring, or has grown so detached from real, human experience that she no longer understands art beyond it's capacity to make a person money.
It's a pastiche of a once-compelling pop force, and it's really, seriously bad.
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