This album guts me in the best way possible. Not only are there so many topics I can relate to in some way, but Uboa provides a way to feel everything she is feeling as well. My first listen to this album haunted me, and I hope to be haunted by it for the rest of my life. I never want to forget this album.
Uboa's music has been a huge part of coping with and processing my issues. The Origin of My Depression was a comfort album for me for quite some time, and I still return to it frequently, so I was so excited to listen to her latest project. This album also comforted me, but it disturbed me much more than The Origin (in the best way). It felt like coming to a terrible but necessary realization. Every noise felt alive in this album, and every song felt more vulnerable and raw than anything ... read more
Haven't listened to Charli in a long time and I'm so happy I came back to her for this album. First time I listened to brat, I feel like I didn't really listen and wasn't actually paying attention. Listened two more times and ended up loving the entire album. I was scared it wouldn't live up to the hype but it most definitely does. Probably one of the best aoty.
Revisiting this EP after listening to Connla’s Well to see if it’s as good as I remembered it and… it is! There are no dipping points in this EP, which is something I felt a little in their latest. I felt like my mind was running wild listening to this; it felt like being in a dream that has absolutely nothing linear to it, yet it somehow still makes sense to your unconscious mind. It hits all the marks, and I never felt the urge to skip a song.
Honestly, I did not love this EP as much as Knocknarea, but that could be down to personal preference. This EP just felt more aimless, and I couldn’t attach to any of it except for Connla’s Well and One Hand Behind the Devil. However, this EP is still masterful, and I did find myself enjoying the songs! Their ability to create a story solely with the ambiance of their songs exceeds all expectations I had after listening to Knocknarea.
Edit: After listening to Knocknarea again, I ... read more
I felt a little turned off from this album for a moment because I judged it based on the first minute or so of the first track. I wanted something new, yet I found myself comparing many elements in the first track to other bands (I'm sure you could guess which). I paused for a minute and chose to push through my initial judgments, and I am so, so happy I did.
This album was so fucking refreshing. I fell deeply in love with the music and the vocals and hardly ever found myself comparing songs ... read more
Deluxe songs increase the score for me, but the LP on its own is still a masterpiece. I feel like there's nothing I could say about this that I didn't say in my review for LIVE.LOVE.A$AP, this LP just feels much more cohesive and of higher quality.
I’ve religiously listened to about half the songs off this album without ever listening to the entire thing, so now I’ve finally done it! This album is probably one of my favorites of all time. Billy Woods is an absolute genius and probably one of the most creative minds of our century (and I do not say this lightly).
The production is dreamy and, at times, haunting, which makes for such a unique mixtape. Some songs felt poorly aged, but I still find myself not wanting to skip through much. A$AP's charisma really pulls everything together!
She never disappoints. I feel like the more I listen the more I absolutely adore every song.
I genuinely went into this expecting to not connect with many songs, so I was very pleasantly surprised.
Edit: Just wanted to say that Desert Eagle deserves more love, that shit is BEAUTIFUL.
Although the lows of this album were much lower compared to how I felt about Bleed Your Cedar, the highs were infinitely higher. This felt like a more concise and compelling project! Dream Within a Dream is one of my all-time favorite songs and Cities Will Fall was the perfect closer for this album.
Although it felt disjointed at times, this album was absolutely beautiful and full of dark whimsy. Even the low points of the album for me were very listenable and something I wouldn’t mind revisiting.
It's truly tragic how little attention there has been paid to Ernst's work. His cello playing is unlike any I've heard thus far and listening to this soundtrack has felt life-altering. His music calls to a place deep within me and evokes feelings that I cannot describe. I mean, come on. Homo Spiritualis, either of the Child's Footprint tracks, Carbon Date, Ostinato #1, Shadow... I haven't even seen the documentary, yet these tracks and the entire album are so compelling and beautiful on their ... read more
Only rating the deluxe songs, Sorry Not Sorry brought up the score a lot for me. Some of the songs were just super boring to me but overall this was a nice B-side. What A Day was a really interesting song- the main album felt like a trip across the world, but this song feels more like Sir Baudelaire launched himself into space.
One of my new favorite songs of his. The music video makes it hit so much harder too.
I think the best way I could describe this album is to say that it is like one of those movies that confuse you throughout, but you still find yourself loving and obsessing over it in the end. It's like a movie with an indecipherable ending, one that keeps you pondering and theorizing for days on end. Also, I feel like this project somehow captures the energy of eco-brutalism. I have too many thoughts on this album to accurately put them into words.
The cover is beautiful, and the song is alright too I guess (I love it).
I loved this album WAY more than I thought I would. Don't really have much to say about it, other than that it took me a few listens to thoroughly enjoy it.