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| 4.5 superb | doomjitsu | May 1st 16 |
i'm not gonna lie, sometimes you niggas sleep on the greatest shit ever, go listen to this album rather than bitch about your favorite artists disappointing you
4 Bumps | Bump |
| 3.5 great | ExoskeletalJunction | March 24th 22 |
23rd March: My Dad is Dead - The Taller You Are, the Shorter You Get (post-punk, 1989)
The focus here is likely to be almost entirely on the lyrics, as they are self-deprecating to
an excessive degree, but I think the music behind them is far more interesting. This is true
80s post-punk but with much more focus on being catchy than overly depressive, and if it
wasn’t for the rather pessimistic lyrics, you’d be mistaken for thinking this is a fun album.
The real issue is that it is far, far too long, and most songs seem to lean on just one or
two hooks. Most of them are good - good enough to make me really enjoy this on first listen -
but there isn’t an awful lot of depth here beyond the main draw, with only “What Can I Do”
really sticking out to me as a genuinely outstanding track. But still, I don’t know enough
old school post-punk with this kind of melodic accessibility, and perhaps it will sit better
with fans of the genre’s more recent incarnations.
7.0 (4th listen)
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| 4.5 superb | Kip | April 10th 26 |
| 4.5 superb | cb123 | November 7th 16 |
| 3.0 good | porch | July 2nd 13 |
| 3.5 great | ILJ | April 24th 13 |
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