Great review, it appears that Wolfe made all her past ventures work in a single release.
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Album Rating: 4.5
It’s honestly incredible how she’s been able to fit so many different styles onto one record without it coming across as forced or pandering.
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Album Rating: 4.0
the whole album sounds like "the essence of CW: listener-friendly version"
I found it a bit underwhelming on first listen, but it is growing on me, bumped my rating
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Album Rating: 4.0
"It’s honestly incredible how she’s been able to fit so many different styles onto one record without it coming across as forced or pandering."
That's how I felt about She Reaches Out... as well although she's obviously changed which of her influences she drawing from more prominently on this one. It's something I like about both albums although I prefered the darker tone of the last one
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The knocks on birth of violence are laughable to me. It’s another exquisite piece of music.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Yeah it’s genuinely absurd. Not everyone has to love acoustic Chelsea and that’s fine, but she 100% nails what she was going for there. The dark autumn atmosphere on that record is pretty much unparalleled. As much as I love the new album and She Reaches, I think Mother Road is the best song she’s written this decade
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Album Rating: 4.0
I think Mother Road is the best song she’s written this decade [2]
Hard agree
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Album Rating: 4.5
It’s not like anybody is shitting on Birth of Violence lol
It’s a good album it’s just her worst imo… that doesn’t make it bad, but to me it’s a sound she already did better on Unknown Rooms. compared to her other albums I find it to be kinda bland and pretty basic.
Again, not at all bad, but for sure the one I revisit the least… save Mother Road because that is for sure an incredible track.
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Album Rating: 4.0
The end of I’m Not There is fantastic.
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Loving this even though I only passively enjoyed her last release
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Album Rating: 4.0
I really liked this now i finally got through it all
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Album Rating: 3.5
Halo is especially lovely. Not sure I'm in love with the whole thing but its solid
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Album Rating: 4.0
It’s not like anybody is shitting on Birth of Violence lol [2]
Yeah I wasn't shitting on BoV when I brought up the comparison haha it's still a great listen just one of her weaker ones imo, and it's definitely not because it's acoustic, like I love the Unknown Rooms compilation album.
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I'm on the first track and I already know I'll love this. Cold almost sounds like a cover, it sounds like her but also not like her, totally different from the last album or the heavier stuff of Hiss Spun.
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Album Rating: 4.0
I much prefer this version of Chelsea to last album. Seethe to swallower are probs my fav
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Album Rating: 4.5
Okay after listening to this probably 20 times at least over the weekend, I do think this is her most accessible record… this is probably the only one of her records that I would describe as “fun” almost, like it’s just a really entertaining listen. These songs would go so fucking hard live, especially Seethe, Swallower, and Humours. Like I really don’t think some of these songs would sound out of place on your local radio rock station, and I don’t mean that as a dig against it at all.
Like I’ve said before, I don’t think she’s covering much new territory here, there’s not a whole lot here that she hasn’t done before, but this is the first record she’s had that we can find all of these sounds under one roof. Death is Not The End is probably the biggest example. Not even close to the first acoustic song of hers but the way it descends into this almost hellish industrial soundscape is so damn cool, there’s not really a whole lot like that in her discography.
I’m honestly in love with this thing, for sure her most immediately enjoyable album, like on first listen I fell in love, where with most of her other albums it took a few listens for me to really appreciate it… but I don’t think that’s a bad thing at all. Tbh she’s earned the benefit of the doubt. This is what, album 10? And never even come close to having a miss. She’s been batting a thousand for 15 fucking years. Such an impressive career.
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you think this is fun!?
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Album Rating: 4.5
Instrumentally yeah, lyrically… fuck no lol
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Album Rating: 4.5
dat bassline in Seethe makes me wanna *move*
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I'm really struggling with the lyrics to this, specifically how on-the-nose they are
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