Album Rating: 4.5
don't like it at all on first listen
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Album Rating: 4.0
really like appointments, stoked to hear the rest
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
From what I recall of my first listen, Appointments is a bit of an anomaly; a lot more trad piano ballads
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Album Rating: 4.5
this rym comment tho: "catnip for people who crave performed authenticity"
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
I resent that lol
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Album Rating: 5.0
I'm not sure about the new one yet
Sucks I only have one day to try to get a review out
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Album Rating: 3.0
be sure to mention your girlfriend
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Album Rating: 5.0
She loathes Julien Baker lol
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Album Rating: 4.5
She sounds lame.
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Not super stoked about the new one
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Album Rating: 4.5
The audience awareness is why the new record falls flat for me. Sprained Ankle felt genuine in its intimacy precisely because she didn't know anyone would care or connect. "Rejoice" is a howl in the dark with no one listening, a moment that can't be replicated at will. She tries over and over on the new album to deliver that Big Moment, but it all reads as contrived because it's obviously to please an audience. The super upfront mixing of her vocals is also uncomfortable, aiming for intimacy but feeling like desperation. She bought into her own hype and released fan service, "performed authenticity" is a bitter but accurate way of putting it.
Turns out the worst thing that could happen to Baker is realizing that someone is listening.
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Artist is overrated in general imho
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Album Rating: 4.5
oh no dont tell me it's not perfect ):
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Album Rating: 4.5
"Turns out the worst thing that could happen to Baker is realizing that someone is listening. "
Ouch, write a review around that concept because it's super interesting
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Album Rating: 5.0
Fuck that's basically my thesis so far
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Album Rating: 4.5
its not even out for me yet aha. guess ill wait and just watch the reviews flow in
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Album Rating: 5.0
idk I'll probably fall in love with it
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Album Rating: 4.5
I hope I like it more than these initial reactions tbh
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
Lucid I agree but I don't think anything she does is disingenuous, it just sounds like the attention made her uncomfortable and unsure of herself
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Album Rating: 4.0
Attention is a whore indeed
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