Album Rating: 3.5

Why is Kiss catching strays? That album is goated.



Motivation is not bad but I feel like I'll get annoyed of it with multiple listens.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

@GreyShadow - tell us how you really feel lmao

Album Rating: 3.5

"I got a lakehouse in Canada and I'm probably gonna harvest your organs" was the low point for me that I don't think she'll ever surpass

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Maaaan I like Beach House lol but I agree the lyrics aren't great.

Album Rating: 2.0

This song and Beach House are prob her worst songs ever.

Album Rating: 4.0

Kiss is good!! i just think it's easily her weakest release lol.



the Beach House lyrics are fun, i love Beach House!!



the Motivation lyrics are cringe, i loathe Motivation lmao



and also, Beach House feels intentionally silly

Album Rating: 4.5

Kiss is a really fun album. Yeah, it's often superficial and formulaic, but it absolutely achieves being catchy, danceable, and fun to sing along with. "We don't even have to try, it's always a good time" has become our philosophy for how we feel when we're together. That song made an appearance during our wedding. Corny, I know. But we love it.



GreyShadow you really scared the heck out of me with your first post about Motivation, but I actually quite like it. I don't love the refrain that starts the song and is used in parts later, but the rest of it I really dig.



I'm enjoying Versailles. Feels like a grower. That beat is so weird, but I think it makes the song more memorable and better for it.



I just listened to the episode of the Las Culturistas podcast with Carly as the guest from the other day and it's a blast.

Album Rating: 4.0

Versailles might be the highlight but i gotta say. Day and Night kinda sucks overall. Motivation is easily still the worst track i've heard by an artist i enjoy in i dont know how long and it's all def not that bad.



Day - could have been great. call me a purist, but no bridges in my pop music cuts a whole dimension from the song. most songs just feel like a copy paste ABAB that just end. i love a 2 chorus song that understands the task. i just came home from circa's reunion show and i know, different vibe entirely, but something i was thinking is how good this band is at writing 2 chorus songs either due to a big outro or the 2nd verse moreso acting like a bridge. Carly doesn't really do anything like that here so it just kinda leaves me wanting more. the closer was a fucking mess here too, haphazardly strung together with an ineffective bossa nova beat. there's good. first 4 start strong (despite the aformentioned big problem), Habits of Creature feels like the best of the smooth/funky tracks from Dedicated on (think Window/Stay Away). Versailles was awesome, bridge could've made it top tier Carly. not even sure how well the two parts fit together but they are both great. Burning Heart had 3 choruses!! sax solo went hard. Blue Skies guitar intro was giving very lowkey midwest emo (my brain is poisoned by that genre though), couldn't really hear it throughout but the strings were nice. Wild Child felt like the best use of 2 choruses with the 2nd verse adding harmonies. loved the vocals here. Something Tragic was more subdued but in a cool way, liked the vibe of that a lot. again, a lot of great vibes that just ultimately feel unfinished. huge shame

Album Rating: 4.0

Night - god, i was thinking this was about to be the savior with Never Let a Good Thing Die starting the whole thing off. the house/edm (genre that has never been my thing) vibes were very apparent but it felt so well executed this time. was hoping the rest could keep this up but after the almost intruiging Amalfi Coast, we kinda dip to mediocrity for a bit. a lot of Night feels like carly dipping her toe into something very club ready but her voice is playing a background character and it just...doesn't work. because her voice never takes center stage, the songs don't either. it wasn't a bad listen but the songs kinda just meandered? i'd say Near or Far and on the vibes were at least pleasant but nothing to write home about minus a few fleeting moments. the notable exception is No Labels, I Love You. probably even more traditional Carly than Don't Leave Me On The Dance Floor but at this point, i NEEDED that and the track sounded strong on first listen. Super Sage's outro was awesome but a little too little too late considering it just ends and idk, the "i love you baby" repetition just wasn't hitting, wish it was any other line.



one thing i gotta say is god, i love Carly's voice. I feel like that voice never gets the credit it deserves since Carly's main strength are the songs themselves. but her voice, although not the by the numbers strongest voice in pop, has such a comfort to it. it's always in the right place. and there are definitely plenty of times where it feels highlighted here but just far less so than previous works and its such a shame.



obviously 1 listen in so idk, maybe it's a grower but this is the first carly listen since i've been a fan that i walked away from disappointed