witchology

gorgeous production with hauntingly beautiful lyrical storytelling. ethel cain has created an atmostpheric soundscape here I am unwilling and unable to escape.

songs saved: (12/13) i only DIDN’T save “western nights” will have to revisit it. instead I’ll do…

stand out faves: hard times, thoroughfare, gibson girl, ptolemaea (arguably a masterpiece)

its funny because this album has songs that feel like he is PUSHING at the boundaries of whats possible in music. then there's. randomly. a barely functionally generic pop song.
hes better at weird than generic
songs saved: peregrino, cigarra, aqui todavia, terricola, amigo, nueva era (6/11)

i can’t get these songs out of my head. matt & mica might be masters of earworm melodies. its sophie-type synth beats mixed with 70s disco, rock, and 80s pop influences producing something wholly unique and what i think is very likely one of my favorite albums of the year.

songs saved: (13/15) i only DIDN’T save “fear, sex” and “feeling diskinserted?” will have to revisit those. instead I’ll do…

stand out faves: vampire in the corner, ... read more

regardless of my thoughts on the consistency of this album as a whole, it is clear ryan is a MAMMOTHLY good lyricist. very few times I can think of in the past where I had to pause a song and marvel at the line I just heard. and i did it several times on this album.
he clearly has a lot of good ideas. and not all of them pan out to their fullest potential imo (”white teeth” comes to mind). when they do though it fucking HITS (”andromeda”, “hunter”)

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