 | STRFKR Being No One, Going Nowhere
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| 3.0 good | didnt ask to be staff, was made staff anyway, then got demoted for not doing staff stuff | June 3rd 24 |
For some inexplicable reason I find STRFKR's plain pop arc much more appealing, even if sigjnificantly more anonymous, than their previous chill vibe muzak schtick. There is nothing particularly standout, but somehow nothing comes off as irksome or boring, and especially not as dreadfully vapid as their earlier work. That is quite surprising, considering "dreadfully vapid" is exactly what they are going for on this one.
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| 2.5 average | zwedizhfizh | November 25th 16 |
This is their worst album yet, at a straight decline from Reptilians (4.5) with Miracle Mile stuck in between (3.5). This is armchair philosophy vs Reptilians' complex personal emotion and depth. These are tracks destined for the radio and clubs, not for living your life to which previous releases have been much more appropriate for. I want to like this, but all I see is an amazingly talented band losing their soul to faux-philosophical disenfranchised dance beats. So many melodies in these pieces seem just completely out of place in the STRFKR discography. I find it most apparent in Open Your Eyes where classic STRFKR signatures are present but ultimately overridden by standard pop ruminations used tiringly in almost every other radio hit to date, and the signatures are then almost entirely replaced by early-2000's fashion show bait in When I'm With You.rI understand I'm on the fringe and a lot of people just want something nice to dance to, but this fringe is getting smaller and smaller every day and every little loss makes me cringe.rBest track: SatelliterWorst track: When I'm With You (god, the title alone wounds me)
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| 4.5 superb | Dubboop | February 26th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Prole | February 20th 22 |
| 2.5 average | TOBD | March 19th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Krelkin | December 6th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Tadlfm | October 17th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | showder | April 27th 17 |
| 3.0 good | hep | January 2nd 17 |
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