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I love Genesis Owusu man, each project gets better than the last and this is the best yet. Now a master of the concept album, REDSTAR WU is a dystopian look at the dystopia we currently live, taking turns at yelling, shaking by the shoulders and more seriously question if this is how it has to be. The most marked focus of this album is the Trump Administration, their horrid support of Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people (“How dare they pillage Gaza and still have the ... read more
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I find the draw of this album to be the atmosphere and the general vibe, it has a sense of other-worldliness while also being rather chill and laid back for the most part. Yet, I don't think it is able to justify its chunky length and hefty track listing. I find many of the tracks don't tend to stand out, nor bring anything truly exciting to the table. That being said I did thoroughly enjoy this venture into Boards of Canada, and I'll still replay this beast a fair few times ... read more
A very grand album, thoroughly enjoying the feeling of weightlessness present in the production that creates a very mystic sound. Reading a bit on the background of the album, the sound fits the idea of being related to a period of depression, as that weightlessness fits the feeling of not being grounded in your reality. While I don’t get much out of the lyrics when they do rock up, the feeling and atmosphere of the album more than makes up for that.
3 Favs: Incantations, Sweet Spot, ... read more
Experimental Rap is a fairly underwhelming album; the flow is noticeably identical between tracks which with 25 of them becomes very tired and drags. It’s also rather underwhelming, the industrial direction of the production is awesome yet it feels as if it falls short of being truly incredible or ‘hard’.
But it’s still quite a bit of fun, ‘$ (Money)’ is well balanced, and as a good punch to it, ‘The Ghost of Emmet Till’ has a rather haunting ... read more
I'm going to hold onto hope that there's some cheeky marketing going on with the "reality" aspect of this album, and the auto-tune is a gimmick for the singles. It ain't bad, just disappointing man.
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Once again at the end of the year a retrospective on the projects that truly stood out is surely warranted?
Yet I struggled a bit this year, having spent the majority of the year hopping around many ...
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Seeing Swans Live shortly, so for such a huge and artistically fascinating project it seems fitting to revisit their vast discography.
Maybe I’ll try divide this by eras but probably not.
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Arcade Fire is and probably will always be my favourite band.
There’s a thick globby layer of nostalgia mixed into them, my dad would play them on the old stereo as I mulled around the living ...
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