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| Maurice Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin I really loved the start of this, with a prelude beginning extremely aerial, playful, and dreamy. A special moment. The rest is a lot more conventional. 2 and especially 3 are very frolicky, whilst 4 struggle to find its footing with me a bit. Memorable for 1, probably also rejammable 3. 3.9 | 4.0 02.28.24 | | Godspeed You! Black Emperor Luciferian Towers Idk what on earth is happening in the soundoff section here. Anyways, is this the best GY!BE record out there? Definitely not. But it remains well crafted. The transitions (aside from within the two triptychs) are really poor with frank blanks in places, making this feel like a compilation of B-side pieces rather than a true album, although all the pieces have a coherent aesthetic. 1 is the most interesting with its slight traces of brass and jazziness. The others are to me variations of the sound on Yanqui UXO, with good quality and cool instrumentation, but with build ups that never lead to the heights GY!BE has used us to. It's fine, and f | 3.5 01.23.24 | | Depeche Mode Songs of Faith and Devotion Whilst both clearly lacking the flair and legendary status of Violator's top tracks and also having many dips, this is a commendable effort. They venture in directions not quite seen before in their catalogue, some of which are surprising and somewhat impressive given this came out in 1993. 4 has somewhat of a trip-hop flavour dare I say, and 8 could've fit on the Matrix OST. 6 is kinda cooil too. In spite of the variety, the transitions are generally functional. There aren't too many frank dips, among which we can especially count the Disney princesscore 9, but there is a general feel of okay rock atop cool electronic layers. 1 is a prime ex | 4.0 01.23.24 | | Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly A colossal statement of what hip-hop in the digital age can be, and a standard setter for hip-hop in the 2010s. I say hip-hop but this thing has all manners of influences ranging from Thundercat psychedelia to R'n'B and jazz. Some of the tracks are absolutely outstanding, none are bad, and the flow is pretty much uninterrupted. A vibrant, incredible and dare I say historical album that I should jam more often - and that I might bump? 4.8 | 4.5 12.22.23 | | Julianna Barwick Nepenthe An ever shifting dreamscape of more or less vocal ambient with gorgeous layered chorals, this is Julianna doing what we've previously heard her do, but really well executed. A lot of this could be a magnificient soundtrack, and it leaves the mind to meander in places full of tampered light. It's a bit too single flow to have top tier genius highlights to pinpoint, although some tracks like 2 or 5 do stand out, but there aren't really lows to speak of either. It's a good one to jam and drown into without trying to separate the tracks. Now this is not at all ambient sadfolk like Grouper or Sea Oleena who she is often likened to, a musical corne | 4.0 12.22.23 | | Oerheks Valkengebed I like the vast, expansive sound at play here, including the occasional synths and the vocals being buried at the back of a wall of sound. This is well crafted and dynamic with an expansive sound. But I do find the prod feels quite blunted. There is little bite to the guitars, like the abrasive frequencies are missing. It tampers my enthusiasm down a bit. Something like better recorded acoustic instruments could have helped offset this. Whilst a short record, the latter part of 2 lost me a bit I have to say. Good talent, but not quite the prod for me. 3.2 | 3.0 12.21.23 | | Radiohead The Bends It really wasn't the most focused of listens for me, but frankly I'm a little underwhelmed. While this is undeniably better crafted and more ambitious than Pablo Honey, I don't feel like the uptick is THAT high - which is reinforced by the fact I also think Pablo takes excessive critique. The highs are definitely higher here, and the sound is more varied, and the tracks are generally less forgettable. But we are far from the heights of OK Computer in my view. On this distracted listen anyways, it felt like a solid decent album, but not the stuff of legends either. 3.75 | 4.0 12.10.23 |
| Pennywise_M Looking forward to know your thoughts on Lunar Vacation's LP. Read your soundoffs on their EPs and it got me wondering. I know this is fairly random but yeah haha
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| alamo https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=460615
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| robertsona s***s too easy you just gotta post a million times. and have a song as a good as "aqua gorilla"
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| GhandhiLion https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=445237 | I should have mentioned this to you sooner. Sequel to the Selebeyone album.
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| robertsona new goodfight is a mess but good, check it
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