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Avicii is, for me, the definition of background music and this album is no exception. TIM ranges from songs i was actively wanting to skip all the way up in quality to songs that i can tune out in a mildly enjoyable way. I dont have much to say because I basically spent 38 minutes counting the seconds until I could listen to something interesting. If you like electronic pop from the 2010s you still might not like it. If you dont then jesus for your sanity steer clear: 5/10

As per usual, TOP's lyrics are beautiful and powerful, but a noticeable - and predictable - trend as you go backwards through their discography is that the vocals, the instrumentation, and the production get much more rough. This is, of course, to be expected, but on some songs it really stands out in a bad way. Add to that some strange choices, and the fact that piano-heavy, slow albums like this one tend to not be my speed and I'm sure you can see why I rate it a bit lower than some ... read more

The thing that holds Through the Tides back the most for me, is something to do with me and not the music. I don't really like the sound of cello. And, while there are both things to like about it, and other things to dislike about it, Through the Tides is primarily a cello album. So I was not a massive fan of this album, but it runs deeper than just the fact that it comprised of a lot of cello.

Firstly, the music of this album felt empty, not empty in a lonely sort of way which can be ... read more

I really enjoyed The Great Divide. I think for me it was A little longer than I personally would have liked, by the hour mark the style starts to grow a little old, not to say that any of the songs are bad. In fact, as with stick season, all of the songs here will be great in a playlist, but put all of them together for an hour and a quarter and its a little much. However, The Great Divide is an outstanding song, and Headed North is just so much fun, and outside of those the album doesn't ... read more