Take A Bow has always been my favorite Muse opener, and it still holds up now. Makes me truly want to burn in hell for all my sins.

I'm surprised with how much I enjoyed the first half of the album, even if SMBH has a little too much cheese for me. I started to feel a drop off specifically *right* at the solo of Invincible. Whammy pedal trills don't do it for me like they did in high school.

Kind of lukewarm on the last half of the album, though I enjoyed City of Delusion a bit more than I ... read more

For me, the most satisfying and engaging of the latest crop of albums. I hate dancing too.

Some clear outtakes from Al Mundo Azul. Resort is fun but overlong, Me Contuviste is pretty rough around the edges, and Upright and Even is a nice jazzy cut, but too low-key and is lacking without vocals. My biggest gripe is Tommie sounding like it could have been a beautiful banger if it were a fully developed song.

"Just Like We Never Said Goodbye" still goes harder than most pop songs, yet with no actual percussion except for that one giant fucking clap

That descending melody sounds like something else and it's going to drive me insane until I figure it out

1 year later Edit: it was Breathe Deeper by Tame Impala somehow

My biggest disappointment with this album is, I thought I would learn what a Kwenchy Kup was. But I didn't, and I had to google it.

All around gorgeous album. Weyes Blood has such a captivating voice. When this album came out it did not click with me instrumentally, as it really was far off from everything else I was into at the time - but her voice and songwriting kept me interested.

Kind of ashamed to admit it took me until "Oh How We Drift Away" from Tim Heidecker's Fear of Death, to fully fall in tune with her music. Really looking forward to the new LP.

Production has stepped up from OOS. Apolocalypse Please is a hell of an opener. Stockholm Syndrome, Small Print, Butterflies and Hurricanes, and Thoughts of a Dying Athiest are highlights for me. Muse start to get alot more symphonic on this record for better or worse. Some cuts are very underwhelming.

Better than Body Paint. But I think I just hate this era of Alex Turner, his voice has become mildly grating to me

Muse steps up the grandiosity (?) And ferocity on their second album. The production is still kind of raw, but colored with some more electronic flourishes.

I havent listened to this album in maybe like, 6 or 7 years? Newborn was not nearly as amazing as I remember it - I got tired of that riff pretty quick, but it's still a good track. Bliss is solid too, that bassline is burned into my memory. And then, we have Space Dementia... I don't think Muse will write a song like this ever again. The ... read more

I've been wanting to relisten to Muse's discography to remind myself why they used to be my favorite band back in the day, after Will Of The People completely emptied my brain of any remaining Muse positivity.

Showbiz is not quite as amazing as I remember, but there are still some highlights. The first half or so still kinda slaps, the title track in particular, along with the obvious Sunburn and Muscle Museum. The chorus of Sober was one of the few moments that were cringe inducing. The ... read more

Shorter and a little brighter than the previous LP. No surprises to be had.

Temporarily fulfilled my desire to be crushed in a hydraulic press

Let's eat pancake

Long jams get a little tedious to me, but Gizz always keeps things interesting. Sounds like a band doing whatever they please, and doing it fantastically.

Besides the wonderful singles, the rest of the tracks don't offer much beyond one cool idea, synth passage, or sample. Why even include Arp Blocks?

Still enjoyable overall. Clavicle into Cloudy fucks

EDIT: This album really grew on me. There's still obvious weaker underdeveloped moments but I can appreciate them. Including Arp Blocks. Take Two makes me want to drive a really small racecar.

71 -> 80

Stunning from start to end, Alvvays have given us a more than worthy follow-up to Antisocialites. The production is denser here, and while I'll admit the heavier shoegaze influence was a little distracting initially, they pull it off so well. The music hits like a sugar rush at it's peaks, and Molly's sharper than ever songwriting cuts like glass.

A mostly, really good indie-house album with a more diverse range of influences. The production is generally solid, with intimate songwriting and strong vocal performances. BUT there's quite a few songs on the front end with such harsh vocal mixes that had me constantly lowering the volume. Sadly leaves me not wanting to revisit this album

I went into this expecting to completely hate it, but I only mildly hated it. *Some* of the beats were cool, and the lyrics were fine. That's about it.

Musically, kind of uninspired, but they generally succeed with some big, epic pop tunes and some solid production. Blacktop is fantastic.