wedgeboi

EUSEXUA was devastatingly close to being a perfect album. Each song, perfectly crafted and wrought, beautifully layered and textured regarding both the instrumentation and Twigs' truly remarkable voice. It's stunning! The first time I heard 'Eusexua' bass drop, it literally got me jumping out of bed to pace around in the middle of the night. 'Girl Feels Good' is such a...feel-good tune? Well, no shit. The Bjork-esque 'Room of Fools' is such a unique club ... read more

I'm finding Perverts a very difficult album to digest and review. Drone and Ambient are not genres I am familiar with, so I'll admit to not knowing what features make them 'good' specifically. That said, I confess to finding the songs "Perverts" and "Housofpsychoticwomn" utterly boring - though the transition from that 12-minute expanse of nothing into "Punish" was breathtaking. "Punish" is still the absolute shining highlight: the ... read more

Sexiest album ever made. Menacing, ethereal, horny, beautiful, oppressive, hypnotic. Hardest cover art. "Angel" took me out back and shot me in the head. "Teardrop" floats you into the stratosphere just so "Inertia Creeps" and "Dissolved Girl" can drag you back down and tear you to shreds. The sound that comes in at 02:36 on "Risingson" owes me money. Nice of them to put in a couple instrumentals to stop and catch your breath before clobbering ... read more

There's an awful lot going on here, isn't there? If I was tasked with creating the most controversial, divisive album possible, this would be pretty damn close. Let's start with the positive: there's no doubt that Emily is a fantastic singer. The vocals on 'The Emptiness Machine' are phenomenal. It's a pretty generic song but goddamn, I just keep coming back to it. The gravel in her voice is so addictive. But it turned out TEM was the only song I'd like. ... read more