ZakTovin

An interesting one from the minds of Kevin Abstract and company. It has a soul bigger than the sum of its parts, one genuine enough to do a lot of the heavy lifting. While these songs fail to recapture that BROCKHAMPTON magic, it’s clear that Kevin’s abilities as a curator remain strong and entertaining. There are some excellent moments on this album, some poorly executed great ideas, and some undercooked moments as well. Even so, I can’t help but feel myself drawn to this ... read more

Genuinely the most I’ve enjoyed listening to SKRILLEX since the EPs era. Great format, great ideas, great execution, all while refusing to take itself seriously pretty much at all.

This is a car crash worth figuring out how to look away from.

I hate this album. It’s two hours of the most soulless distillation of modern pop tropes I could imagine masquerading as a country record by employing the most superficial qualities one may associate with “country” (twangy vocals, the occasional banjo, a hyper-focus on trucks, alcoholism, questionable relationship dynamics, and Jesus). The songs are underwritten, shallow both conceptually and poetically, weirdly misogynistic at times, and frustratingly generic at most others. ... read more