ROAD TO PRIMAVERA SOUND PORTO | #1 - The xx
Simple but still inventive
Calm but still chillingly resounding
Low risk but still efficiently strong
The xx deliver an atmospherically dream oath of a debut album
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Track Average Rating: 8.4/10 (65%)
Lyricism: 8/10 (11%)
Replayability: 9/10 (9%)
Concept / Cohesion: 9/10 (12%)
Cover Art: 8/10 (4%)
The moment you get used to the sonority of this project, is the moment you embrace the weird and, while simple, still wonderful art brought by the Marmozets
Track Average Rating: 6.8/10 (65%)
Lyricism: 7/10 (11%)
Replayability: 7/10 (9%)
Concept / Cohesion: 8/10 (12%)
Cover Art: 7/10 (4%)
Bleachers deliver a project that embodies real grief while also somehow feeling like a generic 6/10 indie pop album
Track Average Rating: 6.5/10 (65%)
Lyricism: 5/10 (11%)
Replayability: 3/10 (9%)
Concept / Cohesion: 6/10 (12%)
Cover Art: 6/10 (4%)
Peggy keeps on experimenting with those aggressive samples, but for the first time it isn't good and is just an aggressive listening experience. Also wtf was that Charlie Kirk freestyle😭
Track Average Rating: 6.0/10 (65%)
Lyricism: 5/10 (11%)
Replayability: 2/10 (9%)
Concept / Cohesion: 6/10 (12%)
Cover Art: 6/10 (4%)
Genuinely, I don't know how to quantify my evaluation to this project, but it was a refreshing experience to work while listening to this
Eu...eu não sei o que é que acabei de ouvir
Track Average Rating: 2.5/10 (65%)
Lyricism: 1/10 (11%)
Replayability: 0/10 (9%)
Concept / Cohesion: 0/10 (12%)
Cover Art: 10/10 (4%)
80's PT pop revivalism band with potential but still far from executing it well imo
Track Average Rating: 5.6/10 (65%)
Lyricism: 3/10 (18%)
Replayability: 1/10 (12%)
Cover Art: 2/10 (5%)
In one song they're trying to PT bland pop-ify flamenco, in another song they're trying to PT bland pop-ify cante alentejano, hell in even another song they're trying to PT bland pop-ify reggaeton... In the end, they accomplish an absolute mess
Track Average Rating: 3.3/10 (65%)
Lyricism: 1/10 (11%)
Replayability: 0/10 (9%)
Concept / Cohesion: 1/10 (12%)
Cover Art: 1/10 (4%)
Rostam tucks us into bed and sings a cohesively beautiful group of songs that, while being all a bit of the same most of the time, still put up a heavily felt project.
Track Average Rating: 7.2/10 (65%)
Lyricism: 6/10 (11%)
Replayability: 6/10 (9%)
Concept / Cohesion: 7/10 (12%)
Cover Art: 6/10 (4%)
Track Average Rating: 7.9/10 (65%)
Lyricism: 8/10 (11%)
Replayability: 6/10 (9%)
Concept / Cohesion: 7/10 (12%)
Cover Art: 7/10 (4%)
Track Average Rating: 6.8/10 (65%)
Lyricism: 6/10 (11%)
Replayability: 2/10 (9%)
Concept / Cohesion: 2/10 (12%)
Cover Art: 5/10 (4%)
An authentic experience over a troubled raw mind, accompanied by some groundbreaking guitar riffs. A true bluesy rock immaculate vibe 🙂↔️
Track Average Rating: 7.8/10 (65%)
Lyricism: 8/10 (11%)
Replayability: 7/10 (9%)
Concept / Cohesion: 8/10 (12%)
Cover Art: 9/10 (4%)
Kofi delivers a brilliant punk statement on the current state of the world while infusing his raps with grungy energy and dystopian achoustics
Track Average Rating: 7.8/10 (65%)
Lyricism: 9/10 (11%)
Replayability: 6/10 (9%)
Concept / Cohesion: 9/10 (12%)
Cover Art: 9/10 (4%)
He's more than an Englishman in New York: he's a powerfully fragile s(t)inger who delivers a really solid and jazzy project
Track Average Rating: 7.7/10 (65%)
Lyricism: 10/10 (11%)
Replayability: 7/10 (9%)
Concept / Cohesion: 9/10 (12%)
Cover Art: 7/10 (4%)
A shallow but fun EP from The Chainsmokers that enthusiasms a bit more about their future direction
Track Average Rating: 7.5/10 (65%)
Lyricism: 5/10 (18%)
Replayability: 5/10 (12%)
Cover Art: 8/10 (5%)
Slayyyter brings to the table an electronically offensive pop project that manages to portrait the dirtiness of party life perfectly, even though I think it could've been an AOTY contender for me if she had even better lyrics (the energy was 100% there though!)
Track Average Rating: 7.5/10 (65%)
Lyricism: 7/10 (11%)
Replayability: 8/10 (9%)
Concept/Cohesion: 10/10 (12%)
Cover Art: 10/10 (3%)
An astonishing exploration through the Brazilian indigenous perspective of their ideal world. In portuguese, que trabalho do caralho!
Track Average Rating: 8.6/10 (65%)
Lyricism: 10/10 (11%)
Replayability: 7/10 (9%)
Concept/Cohesion: 10/10 (12%)
Cover Art: 10/10 (3%)
Joost delivers another nonsensically fun nederpop/hardcore project, while with half the concept depth and social commentary of Unity
Average Track Rating (65%): 6.3/10
Lyricism (14%): 7/10
Replayability (11%): 6/10
Cohesion (7%): 7/10
Cover Art (3%): 7/10
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