Album Rating: 4.5

when you're younger everything seems more fresh and innovative, that's for sure.



once you listen to enough music u start to generate some filters with what you instinctively 'like' and 'dislike'... It's weird, and it's kinda subconcious, too? it's more than just your 'taste', it's the difference between music 'speaking to you' and not. If i could express that better, i'd be a god damn philosophy major.

"'what you seem to be saying is a 5 for a lady gaga album, based solely off how fun and enjoyable it is, seems dumb when more complex and technical and impactful music is out there.'

This is definitely NOT what I'm saying"
No, but it is what you should be saying tbh.

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

'it's the difference between music 'speaking to you'



I usually label it the 'magic factor' because it's not entirely logical and based on loads of conscious/subconscious personal filters and associations as you suggest.



I do think people get better at sniffing out a certain integrity as they get older maybe?



Also as you get older finding music that 'I shouldn't like' or 'I'm worried if I'd like this' gets less which is a shame in a way...plus the internet now has removed a bit of that feeling. I remember buying albums based on hearing one song on the radio or off of a couple of reviews/recommendations and having to work through some strange initial reactions. The money tied you into a commitment of sorts.



For me now the most extreme/scary musical experience would probably be trying to listen to an Abba or Queen album and trying to find something to like in it. What's the final frontier now? The end game? Getting into opera?

Yeah man, get into opera. Opera is cool.

Album Rating: 4.5

onkyo-kei is proving to be a difficult costumer for me lol.



Fucking japanese weirdos, it's JUST AIR.

What's the name of the game?
Does it mean anything to you?
What's the name of the game?
Can you feel it the way I do?

welp this is my first time listening to Julia Holter wish me luck

Album Rating: 4.0

oh no bad place to start IMO

good luck but I'd recommend Loud City Song or Have You In My Wilderness as a prerequisite to this album

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

'“when you're younger everything seems more fresh and innovative, that's for sure. “



The opposite has held true for me.'





Yeah, it's not that it isn't fresh that's the problem - more expanding listening into older albums is an issue for me as it'll show up that stuff I thought was very innovative was actually clearly referencing something else which may or may not actually be better.



I still feel I find a lot of fresh sounding music.

I definitely find it a lot harder to get really excited about any release, band, or show as I did 15 years ago. A lot of the stuff I think of as classic or near classic, I probably wouldn’t think anything of the sort if I heard it for the first time now instead of as a teenager. Studies bear it out, apparently the rate of forming really strong bonds to music declines heavily after 30. I’m not quite there yet, but feel myself approaching that curve. Instead of getting blown away by a dozen albums per year its more like once every couple of years.

Album Rating: 4.5

i mean, you can always be a bitter-ass teenager that only listens to 'real music' and the same 3 old bands over and over and over and over again, always looking down in disgust to anything remotely outside of your confort zone.



Just saying that the more music you are exposed to, the harder it is to find EVERY new thing that 'special' anymore.

Obviously that's true, but I think there's a psychological component to it too. Your preferences have more plasticity when you're younger.

Album Rating: 3.5

"I swear half my comments these days are discussing the rating system & defending my own ratings, haha." [2]

Album Rating: 3.5

Gotten most of my way through it and I think I'm enjoying it probably like a 3.5 on first listen so far

away and

Album Rating: 3.5

For the life of me I can't get into this as much as I'd like

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

Don't feel bad about that.



{whispers} It might just not be all that good neek lad.

Album Rating: 3.0

Yeah, quite a few of us don't understand this one.

Maybe that's the issue, you just have to... try not to understand (:

Album Rating: 3.5

Musically it's just not super gripping to me, it's decidedly slippery