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| 2.0 poor | Bedex | October 29th 21 |
Whilst LP1 wasn't too much my cuppa but was at least respectable, varied, and offered a lot of ideas, this one is largely a bore. The vocals are the main factor to blame, but for once it is not a question of technique or voice: they just have an almost absurd level of vibrato, and also sound way too extra on the emotional side. The result sounds like a crossbreed between Xiu Xiu and Demis Roussos as a female voice. Not my cuppa. And unlike with many albums, the instrumentals don't do much to help keep the interest up. I will concede that the transition at 3:20 (!) on 1 is really unexpected and quite cool, 6 at least tries something that kinda works with its beat etc., although the vocals still don't make it that great and the idea is protracted for way too long, and the run from 7-8 is the highlight here, with 7 being vaguely entertaining I guess, and 8 being another boring ballad but that works better because it has fewer of these silly vibrato vocals. This mini run of okay songs gets this a point of forgiveness. Otherwise, the only thing that happens between 1 and 6 is 4:30 on 5 whcih is a pretty awful moment. The album intro is okay but kinda broken by these very loud vocal samples, a segment that lasts for over three minutes. The album conclusion is also okay as 9, although boring for the most part, does open upsomewhat nicely from 4:00. But yea I really had trouble finishing the album, and the fact that the second half is only a bit better did help massively for that. 2.1
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