FKA Twigs Magdalene
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NordicMindset
November 11th 2019


25137 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

nah this is a top 5 aoty I've heard so far this year



wish the Future song didn't exist, though

brandontaylor
November 11th 2019


1228 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

this is definitely top 5 aoty, cellophane is still as breathtaking as when it was released. i was a little worried after holy terrain and home with you were a step down in quality, but they've grown on me since hearing them in the context of the album, and mirrored heart and sad day are brilliant as well.

GhostB1rd
November 11th 2019


7938 Comments


Hope I'll come around.

literallyzach
November 11th 2019


520 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

“the words are merely your light in the dark to guide you through this maze of intense emotional highs and lows”



what does this even mean

Sinternet
Contributing Reviewer
November 11th 2019


26767 Comments


"the songwriting is so stuffed with platitudes and cliche that even the occasional great production choices and interesting thematic work cannot compensate."

what does this even mean

literallyzach
November 11th 2019


520 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

it means the songwriting is bad

Sinternet
Contributing Reviewer
November 11th 2019


26767 Comments


elaborate

DoofDoof
November 11th 2019


15875 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Song writing is by the numbers and too obvious in its attempts to please - was how I interpreted it



Spot on tbh



Whole thing is way too on the nose, not awful to listen to but tedious as a full listen for me

Gyromania
November 11th 2019


37468 Comments


Agreed with that. Nothing here really excites me, all sounds pretty lukewarm save for Cellophane

DoofDoof
November 11th 2019


15875 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

I don’t much get on with Björk but even I feel like stepping and defending her from comparisons to this - Bjork’s song writing is very much her own, this just sounds like typical written by committee slightly quirky ‘10s ballad’y pop with an Arca production side dish

Lucman
November 11th 2019


5537 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

Yeah, tried again but nope, this kind of pop music (this, Angel Olsen, Lana) does absolutely nothing for me. If I'm gonna jam a pop album it'll be something that's at least a little fun. Lorde's Melodrama is the only record I feel that has perfected this art-pop approach because it still sounds like an honest-to-goodness pop album you can sing along to. There's none of that on here. It's all very drab and artsy-fartsy.

DoofDoof
November 11th 2019


15875 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Album that seems like it should come with a glossy coffee table book of the photo shoot

Sinternet
Contributing Reviewer
November 11th 2019


26767 Comments


ok boomer

Sowing
Moderator
November 11th 2019


44509 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I love art pop that doesn't try to grab hooks by the throat though. Sure, Melodrama toed the line perfectly, but there's something to be said for pop that eschews big catchy melodies in favor of experimentation, which is something this does. I appreciate it just as much as I do pop that's all bangers, like Emotion or Dangerous Woman. Just depends on what you're looking for; in Lucman's case he prefers the latter - in my case I probably err ever so slightly towards the FKA Twigs/LDR type.

Digging: Halsey - The Great Impersonator

mindleviticus
November 11th 2019


10585 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I wasn't a big fan of the last album but this is really really good

AmericanFlagAsh
November 11th 2019


13612 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

ok boomer [2]

NorthernSkylark
November 11th 2019


12134 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

i was a fan of the first album but this was a goddam let-down

AmericanFlagAsh
November 11th 2019


13612 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Really Sky? Thought you'd love this. Very Kate Bush.

gschwen
November 11th 2019


989 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"Yeah, tried again but nope, this kind of pop music (this, Angel Olsen, Lana) does absolutely nothing for me."



That's weird because I don't like Angel Olsen or Lana either; boring as hell. I don't think Twigs is close to that "kind of pop music".

AmericanFlagAsh
November 11th 2019


13612 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

This sounds nothing like Angel or Lana lmao...



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