This album is constantly innovative and deeply unique, as if no one else could have made it but Slauson Malone. It blends many influences, most notably sound collage, jazz, and hip-hop, and creates one of the most memorable listening experiences of the 2010s.

what happened? to the rapping, to the beats, to the ideas? it feels like a very misguided record: peggy, on one hand, wants to appeal to mainstream audiences with the more simple beats of the second half but simultaneously wants to seem at the very cutting edge with the riddim beats. that the final statement by peggy on the album is a charlie kirk joke song is both on-brand and strangely mundane for him, as if instead of peeling back the layers of his psyche and inviting listeners to actually ... read more

Incredibly moving, bouncy, and impeccably produced album. I felt quite emotional at many points with the majesty and which slayr produces such regal and layered instrumentals. 55 minutes felt like 20.

A lot more rock-inspired than the previous Jim O'Rourke album I heard, Eureka, but it's somehow better and his voice is unbelievable for some of these tracks. The third track knocked me out. Very fun trivia that these are both named for Nicholas Roeg films.

Increasingly convinced that this is one of the most exciting and genuinely genius albums of the 21st century. Sure, a lot of this comes across as a Slint homage, but the band manages to overcome these comparisons by presenting incredibly complex and chaotic soundscapes as well as one of the most recognizable faces of Indie Rock circa 2021® in Isaac Wood. Like it or not, his are unbelievably personal, uncomfortable, and in a way, evoke the post-post-postmodern reality of Western culture ... read more

Hilarious to realize, but this is the perfect time capsule for late late-2010s indie music. Hard to see it now, but beabadoobee used to be an IT GIRL in a more compelling sense i.e. the spiritual successor to Stephen Malkmus. It represents the transition between the bedroom pop of the mid-to-late 2010s which fizzed out along with this LGBTQ+ indie rock wave around the start of pandemic, and the more "sophisticated" rock tunes bea would pen later in her career. However, in a more ... read more