album listens #75 - bright future - adrianne lenker

 

adrianne lenker's music is like the bittersweet feeling of a warm hug that you know you will have to pull away from. her music makes me feel very safe yet also is absolutely heartbreaking at the same time. its quite a confusing feeling but one that i think is extremely difficult to create when making music and she does it absolutely perfectly, proving yet again that she really is one of the greatest songwriters at the moment. this album is stripped back and raw and makes my skin crawl with how much emotion is poured into it. i love it so much.

FAVOURITE SONG: Fool, Vampire Empire, Sadness as a Gift, Free Treasure, Evol, Cell Phone Says, Ruined

RATING: 9/10

album listens #74 - big fish theory - vince staples

 

awesome off-beat experimental hip hop with a kendrick feature on a SOPHIE produced track ?!?!? great mix of weird wonky sounds and just solid, well produced hip hop. vince staples just has one of those voices i think i would love to listen to him just talk. really creative album enjoyed very much

FAVOURITE SONG: Yeah Right, Homage, Love Can Be..., BagBak

RATING: 7/10

album listens #73 - piñata - freddie gibbs + madlib

 

awesome. amazing beats, great features, great lyrics. every song got a unique feel throughout its very cool

FAVOURITE SONG: High (feat. Danny Brown), Thuggin', Lakers (feat. Ab-Soul, Polyester the Saint), Robes (feat. Domo Genesis, Earl Sweatshirt), 

RATING: 7/10

album listens #72 - iowa dream - arthur russell

 

inexplicably beautiful

FAVOURITE SONG: Barefoot in New York, I Still Love You 

RATING: 7 or 8/10

album listens #71 - drill music in zion - lupa fiasco

 

first half is kinda boring but it actually really picks up in the second half it's like two different albums. thought it felt a little uninspired at first and the beats were kinda lame but then i ended up really enjoying it gets really soulful and the rapping is so much more interesting. i like the way some of the instrumentals sound i assume they used a live band, but i think that the beats are the weakest part of a lot of the songs.

FAVOURITE SONG: NAOMI, DRILL MUSIC IN ZION, MS. MURAL

RATING: 6/10

album listens #70 - mosaic - art blakey & the jazz messengers

 

a lot more swingin' than his other releases but still one of the greatest jazz drummers and groups of all time.

FAVOURITE SONG: Crisis, Down Under

RATING: 6 or 7/10

album listens # 69 - it don't bother me - bert jansch

 

so personal it feels like the music itself has a soul (idk if that makes sense, like there is a light in the middle of the songs and you can reach in and grab it). love how its recorded, really reminds you that good music needs barely anything to shine and makes me feel like i'm in the room with him just listening to him play. some points the guitar strings sound like they're about to snap off 

FAVOURITE SONG: Oh My Babe, The Wheel, So Long (Been On the Road So Long), Anti Apartheid, My Lover

RATING: 9/10