Yaysuz

Albums I listened to on a Thai Airlines Flight #1/1.

I was destined to dig up KAJ's earlier work considering my admiration with their Eurovision entry Bara Bada Bastu. What I found was Karar i arbeit: an album cover that screams 70s-aethestic worship, and a title that invites us into a satirical representation of the working man. The title track does not lie; they fantasize about the everyday working man (perhaps considering their distance from their lived experience as comedians). The song, along with Firmans Man, are particularly ... read more

Andy the Candy is a local singer-songwriter who surprisingly has not really made many headlines nationally (in Norway, that is), and that is a quite a shame, since this EP I feel encapsulates everything you want from a comedy EP. Of course, Norwegian comedic folk is quite the niche genre description, but considering that Norwegian likes folk (one only needs to consider the classic summer hits to confirm that) and it likes comedy music (Ylvis, and plenty of "Russe-artists"). Every ... read more

My main take-away from this album is that Playboi Carti is not an interesting enough artist to carry an hour long project like this. The most interesting songs on here are by far carried by their features (such as The Weeknd, Kendrick and Travis), which to me is not a good sign. It doesn't help that I found Playboi Carti's rapping style uninteresting and the production for the most part unremarkable on this album. A pass for me.