this thing is "only" 55 minutes in runtime but it still manages to feel bloated. i think i also just had mixed feelings about it stemming from being a former listener of sewerslvt's (cynthoni's) work until i came across some stuff around their online persona. not the album's fault, but i can't not think about it when i see that name in the production credits, so i haven't even streamed it once outside its first week of release
something i don't think i see anyone say about this album is how: simple it is sonically. it's not trying to do or be a million things at once and that gives each track the space to drill down into genuinely cool ideas and layered (but not overwhelming) production. it's the most quintessentially "twenty one pilots" album while being kinda antithetical to a lot of what they've done since and prior (i still like their other albums)
initially figured i liked the different phases of the song more than i liked the song as a whole, but it honestly works pretty well after a couple of re-listens to get used to it. i just hope the songs from the album itself are a bit more focused than the kinda scattershot approach they took to blending ideas/genres here
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