Album Rating: 4.0

marian is so incredible

Album Rating: 4.5

waaaay behind on my 2020 backlog but this is quickly cementing itself as my tentative AOTY

please get a new singer

Album Rating: 4.5

...this is a singer/songwriter project.

yes

Album Rating: 4.0

Vocals fit perfect

Album Rating: 3.6 | Sound Off

this is kinda growing on me

lovin' "Diamond" atm

Album Rating: 4.7

Emerald surprisingly grew into my favourite, maybe behind Marian. those are the two I spin most by far

Album Rating: 3.6 | Sound Off

Just relistened to "Emerald", it's indeed a beaut. "Marian" still is #1 though, but damn this album is a grower

Album Rating: 4.0

come and live and die with me

Bluuuuueeee babyyyy
Hole for a heaaaarrrt

Album Rating: 4.7

I have seen the way it ends for me

Album Rating: 4.5

Need to hear this again. Great album. Ultrasound is quite the rager.

Album Rating: 4.5

This just gets more and more beautiful by the listen, doesn't it

Album Rating: 4.0

marian is such a stunner i can't wrap my head around how infectious it is

Album Rating: 4.7

this is by far his best work imo which is a significant thing for a man with LOSE and Why There Are Mountains in his rearview

Album Rating: 4.5

I'm not super big into his Cymbals stuff. How does it compare/sound to this one?

Much different sound here than Cymbals

Album Rating: 4.0

she was BLUUUUUUEEEEEE BABYYYY

Album Rating: 4.7

Cymbals' career kinda feels like a slow march towards Joe learning how to write melody- and hook-forward in retrospect. it's a huge change from Why There Are Mountains in all its "we really like Modest Mouse" freewheeling to Pretty Years which is for all intents and purposes an indie pop album. LOSE being their best because its right in the middle of those two styles in a really satisfying way



but this strikes me as taking all the lessons he learned writing melody and applying it to much stronger music than Pretty Years had. perfect mix of hooks and experimentation on here, and his lyrics have never been better