If you like it or not that's up to you, just like all music. And I respect that. But. A 73 is NOT acceptable. I’ve had some amazing memories with this record, love Is The Is Are to death
I decided to give this 100, because after 7 years of DIIIV, this record is clearly the biggest inspiration in both my songwriting and musical taste, which would make it unfair to not give it a perfect score. For me 21st century best shoegaze record, because it does something that other shoegazers don't: balance out the reverb and distortion for intricate almost post-punk guitar parts. Deceiver essentially summarizes my musical taste in one record. Cathartic climaxes, melancholic chord ... read more
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On JGar40's review of Aldous Harding - Train on the Island
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On The Haunted Youth - Boys Cry Too
"@CaNiTi I just saw your review and you said it way better than me haha. I just saw him live by the way and every fucking song went on for at least 7 minutes, which I don't mind at all when you can back it up with interesting songwriting, that was sadly enough not the case."
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On Hayley Williams - Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
"@LabubuLafufu like I said: lackluster, way too on-the-nose, cringe, millennial lyrics. Her singing style and timbre is also extremely close to Taylor Swift's in this record. My main problem is just the vocals, the rest is still below average but I could get behind some moments if I gave it some time, which I won't."
On Hayley Williams - Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
"@LabubuLafufu no idea what you mean with that sentence"
On KingOfAnts's review of shame - Drunk Tank Pink
"It's a real grower isn't it... First listen I thought meh, but I just couldn't quite seem to shake off the feeling I got from Snow Day and Water in the Well. Now it's one of my favorite records of the decade with Snow Day arguably being my favorite single of the last few years. That's what art does"
On illeven's review of Blur - 13
"In reality it's not your thing, which is ok. One thing that it's not is forgettable."
On ro_ott's review of Jonny Greenwood - One Battle After Another (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
"@ro_ott you’re probably the first person ever to say Jonny Greenwood is “stupid and annoying”. He’s a super introverted genius that doesn’t even talk ever. What a genuinely weird thing to say ๐คจ"
On LW31's review of ROSALรA - LUX
"I completely agree! Very impressive record, but not a single ounce of replayability. I hate that people compare this to Björk, because she is quite the opposite…"
On ozempicAndy's review of shame - Cutthroat
"@ozempicAndy You're right about the UK post-punk scene, it's so saturated that 90 percent of the lot sounds the same. I just think Shame, along with their contemporaries did it better and kickstarted that post-punk revival train a bit earlier than the knock-offs that came after like 2020. Btw, totally agree with you on the compressed mix. Weird choice for a loud, cathartic live band."
On ozempicAndy's review of shame - Cutthroat
"Although I could get why people don't like this song, Shame does not have "the most standard and radio friendly post-punk to offer" at all. They definitely have released some simple post-punk songs in the beginning of their career, but that's only a fraction of their discography. Listen to Snow Day or anything from Food For Worms, that's like the opposite of what you're implying, also partly the reason why they haven't moved to the mainstream like IDLES or Fontaines."
On Jane Remover - Revengeseekerz
"@13Thva it’s the musical equivalent of monster energy and pizza as breakfast"
On Joost - Unity
"@phlopi6 I didn't say anything about the production quality and I just think the lyrics and general instrumentation are super unflattering and boring especially compared to his earlier records, even if it's not supposed to be insightful. Gabber music has been done so many times and I feel like the whole techno + rapping/ singing style is massively outdated. Look I think this is fine as carnaval or say après ski music, but outside of that I genuinely don't get why people would play this seriously. But hey if you like it, have a good time"
On MyNameIsLuca's review of Air - Moon Safari
"What do you mean definitely not for everyone? This is like the most accessible type of music on the planet, that's the exact reason why downtempo is played in lounges and bars and stuff haha."
On Krewie's review of Fontaines D.C. - Romance
"Imo Fontaines' lyrics have been killer since the first record but yeah if you don't like the voice that's subjective of course, can't change anything 'bout it haha."
On Krewie's review of Fontaines D.C. - Romance
"Bro I'm sorry but which part of Romance sounds eve remotely close to The Killers, PS I hate The Killers too."
On Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
"@Gregisdead121 All good"
On Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
"@Gregisdead121 haha you gave it an 82 tho, but yeah it's def not for me"
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