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Not quite as good as I remembered it. Even after BRAT released, I maintained that how i'm feeling now was my favourite Charli XCX album. Upon re-listening, however, I might need to reconsider that stance. The first few songs are brilliant, but the album lost me in the middle, then picked me back up towards the end. Tracks like detonate, enemy, c2.0, and party 4 u were pretty dead upon return, and prevent me from viewing the album as truly great overall. This album still has a bunch of ... read more

More tracks than minutes, Bad Brains’ self-titled level production, an average of 1 intelligible word per song… this is the ultimate 80’s hardcore punk album. Sometimes merely looking and playing the part is problematic within itself, though. “Legless Bull” flies by so fast there’s nothing to hold on to.

Controversial given the massive popularity of Not Like Us, but I don't think Kendrick is that good at doing a "traditional" banger. The snarl voice and repetitious choruses just don't do it for me. tv off is an exception to this, but every other attempted banger like wacced out murals, squabble up, and gnx I could probably have done without. Besides that there are some all-time-great Kendrick tracks here; reincarnated and heart pt. 6 in particular. Overall this was still ... read more

GROUPLOVE's "Never Trust A Happy Song" is like a musical waterpark; a collection of carefree Indie Pop/Rock designed for easy listening and feelgood vibes. After the first few tracks, however, the "dumb fun" gets a bit too dumb and crosses over from being irreverent to being nondescript. Still worth a listen as there are some genuinely great tracks here, just few and far between in a sea of mediocrity.