This was the most infamous indie album of the mid-2010s for my circle of obnoxious suburban teens and early 20s chucklefucks. I refused on principle to ever listen to it—I was a man of "culture" who listened to MF Doom and loved The White Album, not a lowly horny tween. Imagine my surprise a few years down the line to discover ABIIOR and think "wow, this is bangs." It's even easier, in fact, to imagine my second thought of "I have zero faith that these guys ... read more
It's like nothing I've ever heard. This feels like something that was always meant to exist. What a treat to be alive for something like this.
Shoutout to Big Tugg for putting me on to this gem. Gorgeous and grand, but also incredibly intimate and almost...rustic? It reminds me of early Sufjan, but in the realm of what Quadeca's been doing lately. There's a charm and a homemade feel to this; it feels like he's having so much fun and so much pain. It does so much, and most of it very well—"I REMEMBER WHEN I WOKE UP" is one of the best tracks I've heard this year. I'm incredibly excited to see ... read more
Listen to Sports and tell me you don't wanna get hammered on a Tuesday and watch a community kickball game