Tracks 1 and 2 are nice lube jobs and Track 3 is the ace but it's all downhill after that.

Album Rating: 4.5

I mean he hasn't even worked in any grindcore here what an idiot

Album Rating: 4.0

Country dream pop grindcore



Now THAT would be interesting

Album Rating: 4.5

Digging: Naked Nashville - Naked Nashville

'I mean he hasn't even worked in any grindcore here what an idiot'
Nope, just a shitload of boring, cookie-cutter alt-country.
¯_(ツ)_/¯

Album Rating: 4.5

'cookie-cutter alt-country'



don't know if its the word cookie but it already sounds delicious

(fwiw, by and large I cannot stand grindcore, though few exceptions exist.)

'don't know if its the word cookie but it already sounds delicious'
sugar cookie alt-country is a genre i could probably dig

Album Rating: 4.5

This is far from cookie-cutter alt-country. In fact I barely feel comfortable calling this country, it’s more like some kind of country-influenced cosmic dream indie pop - and the guy’s background is more centered in post-punk/synthpop from what I can tell. It’s great stuff for sure and I enjoy it for what it is but it reminds me a lot of Orville Peck in that it feels like it’s kind of trying to sell a more image-focused, packaged and filtered version of country to an audience that might not normally seek out country. Country as aesthetic rather than style. None of this is necessarily bad though and I don’t mean to sound like a gatekeeper, just my two cents.

Album Rating: 4.0

Just piggy backing that middle is for sure the best

Album Rating: 4.0

tectactoe you really don't like Vaguely Satisfied or Strawberry Lite at all??

'Vaguely Satisfied' is good (6/10). Nothing especial but actively enjoyable. Was far less fond of 'Strawberry Lite', though (4/10). I maintain that the best track here is 'The Day It Rained Forever' (8/10), followed closely by either one of the first two tracks.
2.5 is not a particularly bad album score. I didn't hate this. But after two full playthroughs, my lasting impression is an inoffensive shrug.

I trust tectacbro on this. Although I REALLY enjoy the run from 1-3 and the Austra track. Really interesting mesh of styles and harmonies, great stuff.

When he goes stripped down voice, he just sounds like Michael Bublé.

Country version fcourse.

Album Rating: 4.0

fair enough tec! I respect it



In theory I should not really like this, yet here we are. Also stay safe over there bro, I saw you guys got your first couple of cases yesterday lol

Album Rating: 4.0

finally decided on my initial rating, 3 listens still don't feel like enough for an honest rating though



and I also love Strawberry Lite

Album Rating: 5.0

I actually hear some light Alt-J vibes in his voice when he goes stripped down

Album Rating: 4.5

‘Something Relative’ sounds like it should have been the best song on My Morning Jacket’s ‘It Still Moves’, coming straight after ‘Golden’ in the track list maybe

Album Rating: 4.0

"it’s kind of trying to sell a more image-focused, packaged and filtered version of country to an audience that might not normally seek out country"



This is literally what makes it better than just country artists lol

Album Rating: 4.5

Nuclear take there FlagAsh.



To be fair though a lot of famous artists that get called country (i.e. the bro-country variety) do the same thing, but instead they try to sell the country aesthetic to the lowest common denominator of mindless pap; this on the other hand is lovely music no matter how you cut it, and the country aesthetic is enough to make me enjoy it in that sense even if it's not the most "authentic" or streamlined thing out there. Agreed with Doof that this is probably the first thing this year to make me really want to hear it over and over again.