For those of you who don’t know, Bill Fay is a folk singer from the 70s whose career was lost in the endless ocean of lost vinyl and forgotten records. That is, until bands like Wilco, Current 93, Okkervil River and The War On Drugs started heavily covering his music at their live shows. These covers became a live staple for many of the bands and intrigue into Bills music began to grow. Along with the sudden rush in popularity, Bill was signed to Dead Oceans records, ending a nearly 40 ... read more

This is a devastatingly pitiful excuse for a concept album. Everything about this just breathes self entitlement and arms since of immortality in that he can do no wrong. Sure the fucker can rap but that doesn’t make the songs good. This has absolutely no substance to it. Ems fan base has been reduced to essentially a bunch of entitled white pricks who are borderline racist and homophobic and just all around obnoxious. I would not be surprised if many of his hardcore fans ... read more

i refuse to respect anyone who still uses the word swag

I didn’t know we were getting a new Taylor Swift album!

All jokes aside, there’s actually a couple decent songs on this but for the most part it’s just your run-of-the-mill faceless and obscurely romantic pop music. Nothing actually feels genuine or personal, it feels manufactured and that’s because it is.