womeology

Honestly, not as bad as people say? Definitely not perfect (many of the instrumentals here can feel skeletal at times), but I do find myself really enjoying the more dance-based approach here, sounding like a more commercial take on the warm, hazy outsider house you might find on a label like 100% silk, and I find that this album is strongest when it leans into its dance aspect - Parker clearly knows his house music - but it falters when he attempts to focus on poppiness or songwriting and ... read more

(reposted from my rym account)

It's hard for me to truly hate this album, given it's pretty obvious that a lot of love and effort was put into this project; something this ambitious can't just be chalked up to "nepo baby trying to get clout from rym/mu/aoty/whatever people". But at the same time, I can't get myself to like this album. Like, at all.

It's a concept album, but not one that would have the listener work to understand the underlying lore. ... read more

sonder
[SON-der]

1. the feeling one has on realizing that every other individual one sees has a life as full and real as one’s own, in which they are the central character and others, including oneself, have secondary or insignificant roles:

"In a state of sonder, each of us is at once a hero, a supporting cast member, and an extra in overlapping stories."

better than tpab