siphus007

I love this album. Elevated but still grounded, a soulful, therapeutic, mesmerizing walk through her mind, with considerations of loneliness, desperation, and connection with the universe. The tone and style shifts quite a bit, but still feels cohesive while exploring an experiential aesthetic that goes beyond just the music. It's often actually fairly tame, with splashes of orchestral brilliance that land very effectively. Her writing is skillful, clear, elegant, inventive, and ... read more

A landmark indie folk release, it's pretty understated with some rough vocals, but overall calming and grows on me over time. It blends a super raw, mellow, acoustic style with some intricate, hypnotic, melodic guitar riffs, toe-tapping beats, and obscure poetic lyrics.

My understanding is that this was impactful on a lot of indie folk artists, especially Phoebe Bridgers, which is interesting because these lyrics are a bit all over the place and underwhelming here. At first he ... read more

As a slight Drake apologist, I've liked a ton of his music over the years but found most of his albums to be sloppy and underwhelming. This one actually shows more promise than he has in years.

As it starts, he sounds mostly lethargic, monotone, and depressed. He sometimes throws in a strange whisper/yell as if he's recording in a cheap studio where they told him to keep it down. The early themes are pretty annoying, focusing on his desire to leave his label, and bitterness that ... read more

You wanted it darker.

A very personal and concerning release, I could sum up the experience as drowning in disappointment and self-pity. Not that it's unrelatable, but Mike doesn't find many other shades to work with here. The band's atmosphere is somewhat there, but the production is stripped way down from LP3, and there is more dissonance to highlight the fragmenting.

It starts pretty poorly, with Man Overboard's awful audio mixing. But it picks up speed and hits a ... read more