veridian

I maintain that this album's underrated here - yes, it's a bit inconsistent, and about three songs too long, but both those problems can be solved at once. Skipping DFTMWTD, "None Of Dem", and "We Dance To The Beat" makes the whole thing work better. It's rare that I skip songs on albums, but in this case it's justifiable - not to say they're bad songs, which they aren't, but they disrupt the flow and the others are just better.

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TL;DR - summer vibes, you'll like it or you won't

This is a weird one for my first review here given my generally mixed feelings on this style of soft, half-pop indie rock, but there's something vaguely intangible about this album that makes it listenable for me. Initially nothing stands out as especially great - the lyrics are interesting though not exactly poetry, the vocal delivery is good and suits the music well but doesn't have any incredible moments, etc. One area I ... read more