whatever he stopped trying 3 albums ago

slam dunk home run insert third sports metaphor

i don't even give a fuck how corny it sounds to say it, she's the moment. nobody else is synthesizing trends and connecting dots in the same way that underscores is, and certainly not with production this instantly recognizable, hooks this ironclad, and songwriting this unfailingly strong. this is 9 tracks and 35 minutes of some of the most expertly crafted pop music i've heard in so so so so long

true-blue-hyperpop at its best ... read more

mostly a covers album but to be honest i think i am starting to get tired of the constant flood of music from the former black dresses members

has some nice highlights, needled 24/7 is a children of bodom cover that goes over insanely well with some bonkers orchestra hit synths and a great stompy groove

i just got a popup that she released an album called "cum songs" 2 days ago and yeah i think i may wait awhile on that one. despite how different some of these albums are on paper in ... read more

hmmmm i think im just kind of getting fatigued on this band. when they released their debut i was really amazed by it, it felt really up-my-alley and original, this hooky, downcast grunge with buried vocals and a really literate lyrical style that's nakedly honest about depression and turbulent times

and now theyve just released two more very brief projects of that without any real shakeups and without really matching the quality of the debut

not bad but i need some more. i think the ... read more

nice while it's on but pretty unchallenging. some cool drumless and quiet-drum instrumentals, but nothing thats going to blow your mind

i listened to this while driving back from the airport extremely tired and it was lush and nicely engineered and performed, and nothing more

about exactly what i expected and theres nothing wrong with that!

this is not 100% hits and i think the previous one was better. for some reason i think this one didn't reallllllly click with me the way the last one did... i really liked the self-aware silliness of the beats on the last album, they felt really zany and off-the-wall in a good way. on this one theyre a bit more straightforward. theres also a lot more emotionally earnest songs on here which is always appreciated and i do love her opinions, she is like one of the most based people on the ... read more

bad. bad bad bad bad bad. horrible. one of the worst things ive heard in a very long time. i cannot believe they put this out and thought it was a good idea. seriously the type of album that makes you reconsider your diehard fandom for a band. type of album that makes you take a long hard look in the mirror and ask "is it me? am i the problem? am i fucking stupid for liking this band so much? does it all sound like this?"

i said that frog's first 2025 album '1000 variations ... read more

not as strong as the album this is a compaion to but solid with some great highlights that pivot in a very different direction

rabbit season has this awesome edm breakdown at the end, dual wield has this sparkly shoegaze thing going on, and the ending run of phantom doom into dread architect into i-void destroyer is really really strong

to me this is kinda serving as a reminder of machine girl's roots in really heavy techno and digital hardcore, after the song-oriented rockier direction ... read more

this is a pretty unremarkable radio indie rock album from a band that had a nice snappy post-punk sound the first time around. idk what it is it just feels squishier than their last, the drums don't have as much punch and everything feels waterier

"produced and engineered by john congleton" WELL! THAT EXPLAINS IT DOESNT IT!

to be fair to them: you've got my number is a pretty great song, it sounds like peak foals, which is very funny bc foals also have a song called my ... read more

not a bad record by any means but i don't really hear that much songwriting growth past what they were doing on the first record, i think i like the debut's highlights much better than this one's

more importantly this production sucks really badly. it's muddy! i have to strain my ears to hear all the elements, i really do not know what the hell happened here, especially since their debut had fantastic production from my actual goat James Ford. so as it stands this is just a ... read more

hey wow i really enjoyed this! this is a great level up for this band.

not only is this certainly their best crop of songs, the production has taken a massive leap courtesy of marta salogni & crew, who have been doing amazing production & mixing work for the windmill scene for awhile now. this isnt that kind of post-punk band but their touch is palpable in the amount of consideration given to space in the mixing. something i always notice with albums marta produces is how much emphasis ... read more

insanely tight, polished, and passionate record, easily the best pure dance-pop album of the year

i love how seamlessly she's able to blend her disparate skillsets into this particular sound. the sonics are so exactly matched to her talents that it's consistently obvious she had her hands deep in basically every part of the process. writing, production, instrumentation, obviously the singing, it just all has her unique fingerprint down to an absolute science

this is a very ... read more

cool of harry to do a beatpack for him but this is like square comfort zone shit for wolf. a fun listen with some great bars as always but not head and shoulders above or below any of his other stuff

la musica de crazy frog

this is genuinely dogshit bro. i dont like to throw around the term Slop with music much because lord knows im not a musician but holy cow i havent listened to anything more disposable in awhile

i like bbno$ as a personality so it's pretty embarassing to see him just take the piss out of himself and lean this hard into joke-rap

i know thats always been his bag but i hoped he'd use his moment to do something else idk. it's way more charming when it's homemade

this band stands out from the post-hardcore pack with A1 hooks and a socially conscious focus that does a great job looking past the self absorbed lyrics that this genre sometimes is saddled by

the diy production is admirable but it does make this a tough listen at points. it clouds the songs and makes some moments boring by obscuring the vocal melody, which i wish were more front and center

not bad for a first try though, decent record overall and about delivers what i wanted from this ... read more

wow what the hell. how did these two get connected

i had no idea what to expect going into this but it's fucking great, i think they add really cool dimensions to each others sounds and push each other way out of their comfort zones

damn i was really looking forward to this and i was pretty disappointed. it's not bad but it doesn't really like. go anywhere.

the highlights are the pop punk-ier songs which i was surprised to hear her lean into but i think her talents suit that lane nicely

to melina's credit the guitar playing on here is excellent in a really subtle way. so many of the riffs and fills are so slickly executed and performed with a ton of character, theyre just..... not in service of great songs ... read more

hrmmmmm. what to do with this.

i think my conclusion walking away is just "i need more time to figure it out," it's easily their least immediate release and not really the kind of album i expected at all

i think i must have blacked out when listening to it for some reason i didnt think i was that into it in the moment or in retrospect but im looking at the tracklist on spotify and i have most of the album saved

it hews closer to heavy metal than 3d country for sure, he's ... read more

this was a better idea on paper than in practice

i get why she would want to do this glitzy 80s pop thing to come out of her I Hate Everybody Angry Rapper Era but this sound has not left the pop zeitgeist for like 10 years at this point and im sorry doja but you are not gonna be the one to breathe new life into it

the production is great these beats largely sound fantastic but theyre not reinventing the wheel. basically every song is just doja sings and then does an okay rap verse and then ... read more

he has every right to do this but its pretty embarassing.why is he kind of rapping