Album Rating: 3.5

USC TROJAN BANKS IS A-OK IN MY BOOK

Album Rating: 3.5

I love this review. Wish I liked this album so much.

absolutely love this

Album Rating: 3.5

yea so good

Welp, time to wait another year for a Dev review.

But really, it's a great write-up as usual.

Gonna be perfect "walking somewhere (in the evening) with my Nietzschean scowl" music.

Album Rating: 4.0

Getting this now; gonna ask you for a performance of the haka if it isn't as good as your review leads me to believe =p

Album Rating: 4.5

New Dev review? Christmas came early this year. I am definitely gonna check this out ASAP.

dev's back! :')

right in time for your upcoming album

Album Rating: 4.7 | Sound Off

Timing was too perfect to be a coincidence

Album Rating: 2.5

Excited to hear this. Between FKA Twigs, How to Dress Well and now this, pop music (even if it will never hit the radio) is bringing a lot of interesting things to listen to in 2014.

right in time for your upcoming album

Album Rating: 3.5

great album

how you been, j?

i'll give this a listen. the song you posted is pretty good

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

just bought tickets to see her in glasgow, fuck yeah.

Album Rating: 2.5

I'm finding the lyrics from the title song very complacent and disagreeable. Please don't hurt me.

this review is wow good
hope album is too

Album Rating: 4.0

Summary makes me think the songs from the EP have been changed for the album ... I hope this is this case

Album Rating: 4.0

also interesting that you interpret 'Brain' as her way of shunning stereotyped female-singer-songwriters; I've never read the lyrics in that way, but it makes sense. It's probably my favourite song I've heard of hers.



I also like the idea of her voice communicating all this, as opposed to the lyrics. I wouldn't say this is close to classic (4.7) simply for the reason of lyrics, for example 'you're so cool while your watching me moan' (ugh); but her voice does carry a sense of malice; there's something definitely different about it.



Would be interested to hear how you compare FKA Twigs to Banks, or which you prefer; for me Twigs does it a lot better with a lot more sparse production, plus it seems a lot more congruent - I feel like Banks is too much of a production, a face - compare her videos to her live shows, where she seems kind of lost and not in control.