this guy has everything it takes to go at least semi-mainstream in the fuckboy country world and the more he fails to do so the harder he tries, I honestly don’t blame him at all but it doesn’t make for super interesting albums

Album Rating: 2.5

> this guy has everything it takes to go at least semi-mainstream in the fuckboy country world and the more he fails to do so the harder he tries



someone's new display name (Sowing?)

nothing can top mine

Album Rating: 2.5

my current one unfortunately is about as good as it gets

Album Rating: 3.0

I quite liked Shape & Destroy despite the fact that a number of the songs there bordered on cringey butt rock and radio country-type stuff. This is listenable and sometimes excellent (I particularly like Mending Song), but overall this moves a lot down that road and I'm hoping it's not a sign of things to come for future releases.



The chorus of "Michael Keaton" is hilariously bad to me, would've been a great punchline in a hip-hop song but repeating it three times throughout a song as an entire chorus is wild.

lol it's a goofy lyric but it makes sense within the context of a song about accidentally getting high from CBD (an equally if not more goofy premise though)

Album Rating: 2.5

lmfao this guy is such a bunk

you would die if you even smelled a CBD capsule

Album Rating: 2.5

no i would write the greatest ska album of all time and everyone would despise me for it

you would go to the bar and tell everyone you're a genius for writing the first noise synth ska album with no guitars

Album Rating: 2.5

they would laugh

and i would play the chiptune demos from my phone speakers

and then everyone would buy me free shots forever

and i would die from tequila poisoning and ruston kelly would read my story in the news have have a "bro wish i could write a song about that" moment

"and then everyone would buy me free shots forever"

that would be a viable strategy to put an end to it yes

Album Rating: 3.0

My man really namedropped Sufjan

Album Rating: 4.0

I love drawing comparisons



Ask Colton who the Elliott Smith of country music is ;-)

Album Rating: 3.0

Oh I was referring to the reference in “Wicked Hands”

I have listened to this a few times now and it is definitely a big step down from his last album for me. The beginning is definitely clunky. Songs like Keaton have a great, pop feel to them and he absolutely ruins it with the piss poor lyricism. Mending Song is where the album starts improving for me and might be my personal highlight. Second half is better but not particularly memorable either. I enjoy the sparse Cold Black Mile closing out the album too.

Album Rating: 3.0

Yeah, there’s a lot of generic pop rock stuff here that I don’t really vibe with. “Let Only Love Remain,” “Mending Song,” and “Better Now” are good though.

The problem with the pop rock stuff for me is that the lyrics are just abysmal and the hooks just aren't there. There was lots of pop rock type stuff on his last release too, but it was carried by him well.

Album Rating: 3.5

A part of me is almost feeling like I'm giving this a 3.5 out of loyalty. Some great, some ok, some bad. I wouldn't put any of this in his top 10 songs (or potentially anywhere close).

Maybe its a 3, but I think that might be a little generous.