Wednesday, January 31, 2024
album (RE)listens #15 - lp! / offline! - jpegmafia
album listens #14 - keep it like a secret - built to spill
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
album listens #13 - the pilgrim, their god and the king of my decrepit mountain - tapir!
album listens #12 - wall of eyes - the smile
Friday, January 26, 2024
album listens #11 - new last name - courting
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
album listens #10 - magical mystery tour - the beatles
Monday, January 22, 2024
album listens #9 - apostrophe - frank zappa
album listens #8 - master of reality - black sabbath
Sunday, January 21, 2024
album listens #7 - grown backwards - david byrne
Sunday, January 14, 2024
album (RE)listens #6 - brave little abacus - just got back from discomfort we're alright
Saturday, January 13, 2024
album (RE)listens #5 - twin fantasy (face to face) - car seat headrest
album (RE)listens #4 - crash - charli xcx
album listens #3 - a.s.o - a.s.o
this album was interesting. there's a lot of atmosphere on here but sometimes maybe it gets lost in that? like a few songs there's this really deep bass and driving drum beat but it indulges in that too much. however, there are quite a few songs that are really beautiful and have great harmonies. really cool electronic sounds all the way through, wouldn't even really know what genre to call it. trip hop maybe? vocals were also really nice when they're doing the harmonies (sounds a little like english teacher weirdly?) but then sometimes it can drag a little. overall a very pleasant listen though!
FAV SONG: Rain Down
RATIN: 4 or 5/10
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
album listens #2 - hejira - joni mitchell
wow. this album is the most beautiful thing i've heard in a long time. i don't think this is technically my first listen of this album but i don't remember the last time so i don't really count it. there's not a single moment on this album that i didn't have chills; that i didn't feel something deep inside me being moved; that i didn't feel my entire body feeling like it's being cleansed. the songwriting is simple (in terms of the instrumentals) but just so human, there's often not much more than joni's voice and an acoustic guitar, bass and drums, but she really shows that that's all you need. the guitars sound beautiful by themselves and the production is absolutely perfect. this is one of those albums where i'm just so surprised that it came from someone human. there's nothing crazy or over the top about this album it is just so sure of itself and doesn't need to show off; it simply just feels amazing to listen to which is why its kind of hard to analyse. i guess the only thing i haven't talked about is the lyrics and wow, joni really is a poet, it sounds at points like spoken word but her voice is just also so beautiful, she's sort of speak-singing i guess? but yeah anyway this is the best thing i've heard in a long time, this will for sure be on repeat for me for a long time. i love this album. i love joni mitchell. wow.
FAVOURITE SONG: A Strange Boy
RATING: 10/10
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
albums listens #1 - akuma no uta - boris
this is a new little thing i'm writing, honestly only to keep myself entertained. i'm gonna be keeping a little log of every album i listen to this year (not specfically albums that were released this year because i feel like i focused too much on that last year) just to keep an order of what i really enjoyed and what i didn't etc etc ! this is nowhere near the level of my other reviews but more just of like a topster style thing where i can just have a big old list, even if there's not much to say about them i'm still gonna put them here i think. anyway!!!! (lets see if i can keep it up)
first album i'm logging here is Akuma No Uta by Boris
i've literally just finished listening to this album and it honestly blew me away. its so fun and upbeat yet also really drone-y at points, i really thought i wasn't going to enjoy it after listening to introduction but the next song ibitsu totally hooked me. i couldn't stop listening and i'm about to listen to it all over again. the production is so cool because it does exactly what ur brain thinks is gonna happen to music when it goes to loud and just starts breaking but it sounds really authentic and kinda lo-fi? the album cover is a really funny nod to nick drake and i think this album is incredible from what i've heard so far. the bass is so boomy it rattles your brain but there's a lot of classic rock elements to this which make it sound like its ALMOST corny but it never quite reaches that level. then the long song in the middle naki kyoku has lots of improvised elements. very cool album wow ! EXPLOSIVE ! HEAVY ! LOUD !
RATING (AT TIME OF FIRST LISTEN): 9/10
FAVOURITE SONG: Ibitsu