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Whoa I unintentionally summoned ffs

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"I think the lyrics have a couple bright spots, but mostly just feel like they could be on a bunch of other albums by other bands and aren’t particularly special. Like, they’re not bad, but they’re kind of just there in a “shower thoughts that i half forgot” kind of way "



Bullseye. There are some good lines on here and I don't like criticising it for lyricism when there are thousands of worse records coming out the floodgates in they regard, but more often than not they're more a cogent mood board than anything particularly incisive on its own terms

Album Rating: 3.5

“they like the lack of good melodies, it’s weird”



the fact that u seem to reduce every album into “good melody” or “bad melody” is interesting 🤔🤨🧐

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melodyfiltered



this does not need catchier hooks lol

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"no melodies"

Y'all do realize more than just vocals can have hooks right?

Album Rating: 3.5

"Soft loud soft loud structure with spoken word vocals can only get you so far."



do u know what spoken word is

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I think what you guys are missing in the lyricism is how Hartzman paints a picture of her home and youth and by extension working class southern life more broadly. She’s elevating the mundane, evoking the kind of images which seem unremarkable yet which end up sticking in one’s mind and being the key to memories. There’s a lot of subtle “show, don’t tell” going on here and she leaves room for the listener to interpret. Perhaps her word choices and phrasing aren’t particularly clever some of the time but they’re not really trying to be. I also think the lack of repetition in the lyrics is pretty impressive too (by my reckoning only two of these songs have a proper chorus), she doesn’t beat you over the head with any of this. These songs are densely written and superbly detailed.

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There are plenty of good melodies on here

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And yeah, plenty of indie artists these days are frequently lacking in good melodies but uh this is not one of them.

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Also wtf is wrong with a "soft loud" structure? As opposed to what? Loud loud and soft soft? What a weird critique lol

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My main critique is still the amount of compression in the mix. They would have benefitted from recording with someone like Albini to get a more natural sound

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There are some good lyrics here but nobody can convince me three minutes of warble shouting "finish him" like a 7 year old who is throwing a fit to get a toy in a supermarket is something I need to hear more than once

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That's the best part of the album

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Should have been



Finish him

End him

Complete him

Topple him

Exhaust him

Exhaust fogza



on infinite repeat agreed

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That's the best part of the album [2]



non-amerifats vacate the thread

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"That's the best part of the album"



god i hope not

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Fuck yeah. Chills

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tbf there are some ok tracks on this, just weird seeing people lose their shit over it and the geraldine fibbers have like 8 ratings

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I'd have to go back as far as In Rainbows to find a better rock album. They just largely get the sound right that I love where as most modern rock albums sound like absolute shit and have a horrible guitar tone

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Yeah I think I have don't have much of an issue with the instrumental side of things on this