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A great pair of tracks from the first Sweet Trip album in almost TWELVE years. The first track, Walkers Beware!, calls back to the more indie pop inspired sound on their last album, You Will Never Know Why, but this time the production is way cleaner and polished, and a layer of electronics and shoegazed guitars creates a cold atmosphere. The second track, Stab/Slow, is extremely reminiscent of their second album, Velocity: Design: Comfort, with the layers of glitched noise and dreamy ... read more

Behind this album's bright yet cavernous sound is a massively influential and almost prophetic collection of songs that signaled the coming of numerous 90s musical tropes such as Britpop, shoegaze, alternative rock, and so much more. You'll almost certainly pick up on the similarities to Blur, Oasis, Ride, and the Verve, before realizing that this album came out years before any of them broke into their mainstream success.

Even ignoring its contextual importance, this album is still ... read more

Beyond the legendary internet hit "Beach Walk" (which is absent from this album on streaming services) is a colorful collection of vaporwave and synthpop. And what sets this album apart from the A E S T H E T I C of the vaporwave genre that grows exponentially cornier as time goes on is Whitewoods' ability to write a catchy song from a sample while creating an atmosphere reminiscent of YouTube's early days and 144p videos (the source of most of this album's samples). This album's ... read more

This thing is the closest we'll get to a 'self-titled' album from Richard. Which is fitting as this is his best album of all time.

This album (and SAW II) are both, in my opinion, Richard's greatest achievements, and this one is slightly ahead. Beneath the abrasive and drilling drum programming and choppy bass is a nostalgic, heartwarming, charming tone that no other RDJ album reaches. While the overwhelming layers of drums and synth pads on 'Drukqs' paint a darker and futuristic image, on ... read more