Listen it's good and I'm glad he's back but the only tracks that work on here to me are the ones where he's not experimenting and sound like nurture b sides. I'm glad he's experimenting and I still really enjoy this but I hope he returns with a better album next run.
with that said I did enjoy his commentary on his relationship with fans and everything, and the general concept of the album. Sonically is where it disappoints the most
Instrumentals? amazing.
Geordies theatre esc vocals? still can't get used to them.
it works sometimes but not really
lowkey one of my fav jpeg projects. I love his new rock influence and general inclusion of guitars n stuff
Another album I was pretty disappointed by. Standout tracks for me were dance yrself clean, I can change, and home. The rest were really long, boring and mid. Pow Pow and somebodies calling me I especially hated.
I really don't understand the love for this album. It's either some mediocre Beatles esc songs or completely unlistenable Syd Barrett drug craze playing, especially the back half on this thing. And I would say that the only track the experimental drugged up jam sesh song that works in heroin because of it's simple and easy to grasp concept that also works with the song structure. I also am not a fan of Nico's singing. Something about her accent and it just feels like ... read more
There's a reason why these sounds never made it out of the 80s!!!
I recently had to do the pleasure of listening to this album for a whole week for my album club, and God did I hate it. But before I get into each individual track, I need to explain why Depeche mode's sound pallette and everything about them, sucks balls, real bad.
The drums are so 80s and annoying. 1 example of something from the 80s that aged terribly.
The singer sucks. He has nothing interesting going on about ... read more
Its not about Fantano hating on the whole "main character stndrome" idea. It is about her delivery and execution which he is saying is corny and tacky. Just because she went through some shit doesnt give her a free pass for her lyrics to instantly be good. The songwriting is horrendous. There is an art to the feelings and emotions she went through and conveying them into words. its also a show dont tell kinda thing. And also, is he wrong about the instrumentals? and her influences ... read more
i really hate the placement of save me. The album should have ended on fiction.
Hot take: Stratosphere is just one big jam session of work shopping the same idea and Inside out is the only good song to come out of it. These are all decent ideas but they use the same 2 chord resolving structure and the same formula. Most of these songs feel pretty unfinished too. Like gold dust and constellations are really nice little loops but thats all they are. Like let's not kid ourselves, Inside out is the star that shines through here and thats because it is a perfect version ... read more
didn't like this at first, but I really appreciate what this album has done for the scene
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