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| 3.9 excellent | Erwann S. EMERITUS | May 2nd 21 |
Ok this is gorgeous. Gorgeous and uplifting, and while the album do be a lot, its versatiliy allows each track to offer a different perspective on psych pop - yes, this is much less jazz - with a hazy ingenuity perfectly fitting for any Sunday afternoon. Some vocals do suffer from overproduction, but overall Private Reasons's lush character does not come from the production, but rather from how rich, multiculturally-influenced and beautifully composed richness and multicultural influences. There's a sligt dip in the middle but the record finishes with such a beautiful note ("Step Out of the Light", whattajoy) that it makes up for it.
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| 3.5 great | Introu1 | May 28th 22 |
Clearly not as good as the 2016 album, maybe it doesnt fell as fresh anymore, but theres something lacking that i cant quite put my finger on. Nevertheless, its a really enjoyable experience + Step out of the light is an awesome song 3,4/5
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| 4.5 superb | AmericanFlagAsh | May 21st 21 |
Really wish he cut the length of some songs, but this is still very good.
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| 3.0 good | ajcollins15 | May 5th 21 |
Going to test out some one-sentence titles for albums in some of my reviews to see if I can transition to it sometimes for fun. Okay, are you ready ?Conjunctionally sophisticated and dazzling, while nearly completely missing the mark on simple ideas and progressions?. On the opening ?Family Vows? track you're presented with jangle-pop guitars, club jazz drums, and this drenched 70?s vibe. It has a potent direction and style: 70?s progression rock, with obvious nods to jazz fusion and psychedelic rock. However, halfway there the track the song derails with this rather perplexing and honestly distracting indietronica and electronica influence that makes zero sense. This idea continues track after track with polar opposite esthetics meeting and completely derailing the song. Don?t get me wrong there are some truly breathtaking tracks ?Theme Vision? and ?Little Season I? are great 70?s psychedelic vibes with great progressive elements. But, honestly, most of this album has such a lack of structure and progressions that I am not seeing the hype.
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| 4.0 excellent | vakuola | October 14th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | ZIG | February 22nd 22 |
| 3.5 great | jhop | February 7th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | EyeSock | January 17th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | progsun | August 14th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Denis | June 15th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Sowing STAFF | June 10th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pangea | June 10th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | sparkz | June 8th 21 |
| 2.5 average | fog | June 8th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | chayka | May 31st 21 |
| 2.5 average | anat | May 13th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | doofy | May 10th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Polvo | May 1st 21 |
| 3.5 great | Skoop | April 25th 21 |
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