Album Rating: 3.0

i agree that this does sound like lorde but with really annoying vocals and none of the good songs.

Album Rating: 2.5

"sound like lorde but with really annoying vocals and none of the good songs. "



So it basically is just Lorde then?

Woah now

Album Rating: 2.0

if your game is on give me a call boo

I'm trying to give this the benefit of the doubt and really parse the difference between this and The Paper Chase, Have a Nice Life, Xiu Xiu, and all the other acts that I legitimately enjoy and respect for their edgy/moody works but something about this just strikes me as entirely vapid and tacky. Often this just feels like Billie was just the lucky person who got to fill the "whisper Tumblr poetry that's dark and shit over a beat" slot in the studio lineup.

Album Rating: 3.5

I'd take this over all of those but Have a Nice Life

Album Rating: 2.5

i really wish she'd drop the pseudo satanic/illuminati imagery. not sure why it's so prevent with the younger artists but it's tacky and cheap. she seems talented enough but the whole image seems forced and unnecessary

Album Rating: 2.0

'the whole image seems forced and unnecessary"



Yeah, I can def agree with that. It's why I hate the end of "bad guy" so much. Those moments are few and far between though, as long as you stay away from the music vids and photos.

I want more satan

When I fall asleep I use to end up in the floor, after my wife steals the blanket and kicks me out while my cat sits on my face. Then I wake up and go to work.

On the other hand, when the party's over is basically a Bon Iver song, so that's quite alright.

Album Rating: 3.7

I mean yeah but its excellent

Yeah, honestly, that's the one song on this I'm probably going to end up returning to every once in a while.

""And honestly I don’t really care about where the music is coming from at this point. I generally think it’s a criticism that makes the critic feel better about themselves"

I missed this earlier and should probably just let the die, but I agree with this. Hard. Moreover, separating the art from the artist is something we all do whether we're conscious of it or not. When you listen to a song and enjoy it without knowing who it's by or any context on the person who made it, you're doing this. That's more in response to lucid's comment, and anyone else who agrees with him. Choosing not to like something based on some outside consideration separate from the art itself is wholly self-righteous and dishonest imo.

I mean, after first hearing this album today, here are the issues i'm having:

1) Why the hell she whispering everything?

2) Dark, edgy, downright suicidal, these are all vibes very dear to my heart. It just pains me to see them commercialized and commoditized like this. This is so apparently a product directed straight for highschool girls who just broke up with their boyfriends and have fallen into a pit of Tumblr poetry. It's basically the embodiment of "it's cool to have depression" crafted in a record label boardroom, and it just can come off as distasteful.

3) There's a difference between being quirky and being able to write a coherent song. A difference that is lost several times in this record.

4) I appreciate that she has access to pro-tools and is able to put her voice through 30 filters in four minutes, but for real, why is she whispering everything?

The most pretentious album title I’ve ever seen in my life

@Dewinged that is adorable.

Album Rating: 2.0

This got the Fantano seal of approval.

Album Rating: 3.7

a fuckin 8? Wow, that's great

he liked it even more than I did it seems

Album Rating: 3.7

"When the Party's Over" is his least fav? dafuq?