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| 4.0 excellent | doofy | September 16th 19 |
This album is eating my ass like an oyster
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| 4.0 excellent | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | August 16th 21 |
With the same level of confidence, nonchalance and swagger Alex writes in one breath songs about raising a step-child, divorcing and serenading sex workers.
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| 4.0 excellent | olisz | November 28th 20 |
Great album front to back, with no single dissapointment in the tracklist. Though I think that it does not quite live up to its predecessor, which had even stronger hooks and funnier lyrics.
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| 3.0 good | Bedex | August 12th 20 |
Yeah this guy's style isn't my cuppa. Kind of the same thing I found with FW: to me it sounds goofy, and when it is a fun upbeat track that kinda works, but if not it doesn't work. Feels like music that requires checking the lyrics for appreciation, which isn't my jam. Even the fun tracks feel kinda shy and tame, always remaining at slow tempos, never quite exploding. Quite a few times (1,2,5) I feel like the late additions at min 3-4 are really cool but should have started one minute in. I do prefer this one to FW as I mildly enjoyed most tracks. 2 and its darker industrial vibe but spoiled by singing that doesn't fit at all, 3 and its funky intro but very tame unfolding, 4 which is kinda like FW but still has trouble with some questionable deliveries, 5 where the drums make the song at least ok and upbeat-ish, transitioning well into the ok 6. 7 is a highlight, like 5 but actually starting up, you know, from the start, with rich instrumentation, and proving that I do dig this one more than LP. Best track here? Maybe, still has a slow, tame quality to it though. 8-9 is more of the same but by 9 his delivery started to get to my nerves ngl. Was going to 3.0 this, but them 10 is properly awful, like 1 reminiscent of his first LP. Summarises a lot of what I dislike here. I have to say though there is a really well crafted and thought out album conclusion here, which means 10 only brings it down a half point. 2.95
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| 3.6 great | Erwann S. STAFF | September 20th 19 |
Not as anthemic as Forced Witness was (the prod here is a bit too polished imo), but it flows more seamlessly than Jumping the Shark. And the lyrics seem to touch upon some extremely modern topics, it's quite nice to have such a gap between the lyrics and the music.
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| 4.5 superb | chilledpunkrock | September 17th 19 |
Far From Born Again is one of the best songs of the year hands down, and overall this album is Cameron's biggest triumph so far. Lyrics are consistently on point with whatever topic he's covering, whether that be him becoming a stepdad, society's shaming of sex workers, emotional abuse, or "old boys" that are stuck in the past. The instrumentals on here are a bit jarring coming from the slick '70s and '80s sheen of Forced Witness but they're no less catchy or well made, same goes for Cameron's melodies. Pop music as a genre has been great this year and this is yet another amazing entry for 2019.
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| 4.0 excellent | Yep321 | June 11th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Martvyk | February 18th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | alamo | December 28th 19 |
| 3.5 great | chris. | November 17th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | InVein | November 1st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Malto64 | October 17th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Corney | September 18th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | JWT155 | September 16th 19 |
| 3.0 good | anat CONTRIBUTOR | September 15th 19 |
| 3.5 great | wg98 | September 14th 19 |
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