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robertsona
Staff Reviewer
July 26th 2023


27447 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Vibe

ArsMoriendi
July 26th 2023


41019 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Having heard this twice, it’s very comforting and the psychedelic strings are all really cool



Pretty, simple, vulnerable, and very engaging

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
July 26th 2023


27447 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah it’s definitely very comforting. A lot of it is how pretty and empathetic her voice seems



I like the idea of the last song: just her and the sample dancing alone

DocSportello
July 26th 2023


3373 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Simply delightful record

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
July 26th 2023


27447 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yes…it’s lit…

ArsMoriendi
July 30th 2023


41019 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Inside is so perfect

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
July 30th 2023


27447 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

The upward strings kind of feel like pulling back curtains and looking inside something



Kinda like album cover

ArsMoriendi
July 30th 2023


41019 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This would be a hard 5 if Come Back wasn't on here

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
July 30th 2023


27447 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

It’s made redundant by “Yes,” too.

ArsMoriendi
July 30th 2023


41019 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Oh god you're right, now I like it even less lol



"Yes" still good though

Pikazilla
July 30th 2023


29753 Comments


was joking about rating this

but listened to three songs and this is the musical equivalent of expired mouldy fruit loops

ArsMoriendi
July 30th 2023


41019 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

How so, I'm curious

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
July 30th 2023


27447 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

There’s something kinda “dusty” about this album but that’s why it rocks.

ArsMoriendi
July 30th 2023


41019 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I just find it comforting, present, and empathetic in a very genuine way



Though musically I guess the lo-fi-ish production+the use of string samples that sound old is kinda dusty

Pikazilla
July 30th 2023


29753 Comments


it's unfulfilling, bland yet somehow obnoxious to the point where you wanna turn this stuff off very quickly after hearing it

vocal delivery seems like an afterthought too, something that's 'just there'

only heard three songs, mind, but recovery was painful to sit through

no party the least offensive of the 3 I've heard

Pikazilla
July 30th 2023


29753 Comments


there's noise-based reverb-rich atmospheric lo-fi that's a real delight to listen to but this ain't it chief

maybe if they had a different vocalist, they could make this sound less moribundly wishi washy

DocSportello
July 30th 2023


3373 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

kinda gives me Vashti Bunyan Just another diamond day vibes. arguably more 'twee' in approach but that's nicely counterbalanced by seltmann's devotion to delicate/organic modesty. coaxes bits of grandeur into relief without it spiraling into bombast. a lil sedate but that's actually working for it. the avalanches influence is there but so subtle, more thematic if anything

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
July 30th 2023


27447 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Sally is one of my all-time favorite singers

ArsMoriendi
July 30th 2023


41019 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Hmmm I respect your opinion Pika, but I feel like your approach to this is very different than mine



I don't like this because it's "noise-based reverb-rich atmospheric lo-fi" I like it because is warm and comforting and has pretty string samples that pop in.



Her vocal approach isn't super passionate, but I don't want it to be, I like its restrained nature, it makes sense since a lot of the lyrics are about her or a loved one needing support. This is definitely an album where I'm mostly drawn to her voice as a center point, so I won't lie, you saying her "vocal delivery seems like an afterthought" is strange to since it's so in the forefront when I hear it



It's interesting how two people can hear the same song and focus on entirely different details that lead to vastly different perspectives though

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
October 27th 2023


27447 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

amazing album!



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