My conditions weren't ideal (had to focus and the album is a bit invasive) so I struggled
with this more than I should have. My main issue is that, whilst I love Nai's voice and
singing, over half the vocals are her or backing voices going
AAaaawoaAwaaAAawwwhhmmmmwAaAaa - and while that is great in a small dose, having so much
gets to yar nerves a bit. The vocals are mixed quite high and it just gets overpowering
sometimes, like on 2 in the midtrack where they just repeat the same stuff on and on again.
I far preferred more subdued tracks like 6, 8, the midtrack on 10 - the early track being
weird in a cool way but getting a bit too much in places -, or 12. 11 has nice bits too.
Some tracks like 3 or 5 feel like a performance I would enjoy live but not listen to at
home - 5 is a cool cover of the HK song you know. I do absolutely love Nai's guitar
playing, especially on the fantastic intro to 2. It also complements nicely the Aboriginal
(?) vocals by Jason Guwanbal Gurruwiwi on the opener and closer which I both absolutely
love - also love the small conversation sample included at the end of the record. Feels
like I owe this a re-listen at least for some tracks, it just wasn't the right mood. 3.3
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