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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | November 24th 21 |
To me this is a nice album that only suffers from dabbling in a genre and type of vocal display that can bore some and bores most on the long run. Thankfullu, the last two tracks take a turn into something much more ambient, Sea Oleena-esque almsot, which breaks the tiredness - and really I kinda wish the album explore that direction a lot earlier because these tracks are quite nice. The album does make use of nice ambient drones subtly in the back in many places, and so this style shift is foreshadowed a fair bit. 1 is an excellent opener that starts droney and eerie with some vocals, but takes an excellently executed surprisingly upbeat turn later on. 2 is a very nice track too, but 3 is a bit boring instrumentally ngl, though its last third gets more fun and poppy. 4 is more on the folk side and is pretty, whilst 5 is more on the indie pop side then gets fatter and synthier. 6 has a dope indie pop instrumental, and 7 is a cool weird instrumental which introduces the darker turn 8 takes in its intro very well. 8, like 1, slowly turns into happy and jolly vibes, which is very impressively well and subtly done. 9 is not quite a jam but displays some of the aforementioned ambient leanings in its indie pop, whilst 11 is very indie pop a la clairo, and 10 between them starts off on a nice folky + soft ambient vibe before turning more indie pop with a beat. 3.8
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| 4.0 excellent | ajcollins15 | October 22nd 20 |
On the Montreal singers debut LP, she reflects on what it?s like to live in a toxic relationship. What is odd to me is how similar, lyric-wise, this is to Fionna Apple?s most reason release ?Fetch the Bolt Cutters?. However, that is the most these have in common because where Fionna uses explosive and inspired jazz melodies, Helena uses raw and somber ambient and folk melodies to reach her audience. This album, at points, almost has a slowcore feel to it, without the crushing lyrics. However, there is a lot that I can relate to on this album, as someone who has been through a toxic relationship. So many small things about this album make so much sense, especially on ?Dog? and ?Comfort, Edge?. Great listen, my biggest downfall is this album could benefit from a more sonic exploration. Many of the songs feel too scant for no reason. Still great listen if you want something heart wrenching and almost haunting.
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| 4.0 excellent | Hawks | August 13th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | stanz | January 18th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | progsun | November 23rd 20 |
| 4.5 superb | ghworin | November 18th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | kevbogz | November 9th 20 |
| 3.0 good | fog CONTRIBUTOR | November 2nd 20 |
| 3.5 great | jesper STAFF | October 30th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | fdrc | October 30th 20 |
| 3.5 great | A.R.O. STAFF | October 28th 20 |
| 3.5 great | budgie | October 18th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | anat CONTRIBUTOR | October 17th 20 |
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