I think it's fair to say I am a heavily biased bm fan, considering I spent the majority of my life's savings to fly to London to watch their VU residency last year. Rather than doing what I am world renown for, which is providing such great in-depth musical analysis...allow me to fangirl
Live Reaction:
Blues: It just hasn't quite clicked with me for whatever reason as a single and I have REALLY been listening to get it to click. It's probably reductive, but I do find the ... read more
After the first time I saw bm live, Kaidi made me want to play music again. I think that’s the ultimate compliment I can pay him.
In terms of this album, it’s a great listen. I think if you condense the best points of Minimalism I down into a shorter track it would do this album a huge favor.
I wouldn’t quite say this is a return to form, per se. One, because idk what his form is. But, two, I think the song structure is formulaic. But certainly, it’s a return to stronger, sincere songwriting. Production choices will be divisive, but I enjoyed them.