fur and gold is my favorite album of all time, and my first introduction into natasha khan's music, which i greatly enjoy. the best way i can describe it (other than a masterpiece) is a movie for your ears, since khan's vocals are stunning and melodramatic, her lyrics are insanely interesting, and her production is spot-on for the emotions she presents throughout the thing. each and every song is a perfect example of her ambition and skill, with none standing out in a negative way. everything ... read more
even more expansive and mystifying than mazy fly was, and that's already an album i love to death, all with the craftsmanship of someone who knows their way around a great art pop record. i love this :)
i like black dresses with synths. i also like black dresses with guitars :)
but real talk though, the band has had a pretty tumultuous past year, and they reflect that a lot in their music here. it's deeply introspective stuff, but they're also relatable as hell with it and i feel that in time, this is going to be the album that i think of when i think of black dresses. i love their more metal-influenced sound on forever in your heart, which is strange because i don't really like metal at ... read more
i love the dreamy vibes on here (especially on "the museum," "dream," and "blue candle"), and colde does a really good job at establishing a loungey feel for most of the ep, but i have no clue why "lighter" is on here because that song kinda sucks 💔
i've come to greatly enjoy pale waves's 2018 debut since i first heard it, so i was excited to hear how they'd follow it up, and although who am i? doesn't hit the same retro-ish marks as that album, it *does* give me the same feelings as some really specific early-2010s pop rock—"tonight tonight" and "want u back" specifically—albeit with a sanitized pop punk edge that's nothing but refreshing and cathartic in a way.
"badibaba," "the crack," and "where do we go from here?" make me hopeful that i'm going to appreciate this album more with time. right now, though, i don't fully click with goat girl's sound, but i greatly enjoyed a majority of their ideas and melodies and general grooviness.