Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

Complex vocal arrangements. Low key shoegaze type musical arrangements.

Another album where I love the sum of parts more than the whole...maybe I'm just bad at math?

Very, very cool.

No ha estado mal, raro a ratos, pero no es desagradable. No en profundizado en por qué este disco es importante más allá de la música. No creo que sea más de un 2**.

I'm going to give this a 3 star review, but barely. I think it does some neat things, enough to sound fairly unique for its time, but at over an hour it's too long and it starts to drone. The singer doesn't seem to have much range, so it's the same aural equivalent of beige for the entire album. There's a little falsetto thrown in for harmony, but the vocals are not the highlight here.

Musically, again, it does some interesting things, enough to get my toes tapping on several occasions. I don't think I'd seek it out, or crave to listen to it again, but I'd be open to it. Thus, a very uninspired three stars.

Not too shabby

Цей альбом ретроспективно мені подобається сильно більше ніж dear science. Don't love you дуже клас. Загалом десь на 3.5.

I really like TV on the Radio, and also big fan of Tunde Adebimpe.

This is their first album, and I wasn't as big of a fan of this one as I was every single other album of theirs. Not sure how I had never listened to this one, despite enjoying all of their other albums... that makes no sense.

Solid 3.

Synthy sounding guitar riffs and loads of actual synths combine with a thick fuzzy bass to create a big dense sound with lots going on. The drumming is really cool - relaxed and spacious but always up to something interesting. The vocals are an intense falsetto. There’s a lot of it that’s all very consistent and coherent. The two stand out tracks are Starring at the Sun, their big single that has a compelling ‘round’ style hook sung over a dark and ominous 1234 synth beat and Dreams another catchy vocal led song with a dark dark synth, fuzzy bass and interpol-sounding droning guitar.

Kickass.

TV On The Radio! Yay!

Oh man, I haven't listened to this album in...

*checks last.fm stats*

...five whole weeks! Gosh, it's been such a long time since late February.

This time I've got my tortoiseshell cat trying to stick her tail in my eye, so it's still technically a new experience, right?

Anyway. My biggest disappointment is knowing that there's no more TV On The Radio left for me to review in this project. However, Tunde Adebimpe is releasing his first solo album in a couple of weeks, so I still have something to look forward to!

очень странное дерьмо

Good, original art-rock is hard to come by. You can feel this band has some heat behind them. Williamsburg hipsters in post-9/11 NYC, the last vestiges of Old Weird New York disappearing.

The stage was set, but ultimately I think their range is pretty narrow and if this doesn't hit you straight-on, it doesn't hit you.

Canción destacada: Poppy

After listening to Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsy Babes and reading various reviews, I’ve come to the conclusion that this album simply isn’t for me—I just don’t connect with it the way others seem to.

While there are some interesting musical moments, the vocal delivery feels uninspired, and the album as a whole lacks momentum. Across its 11 tracks, it constantly seems to be building toward something, yet never quite reaches a satisfying payoff.

In the end, TV on the Radio doesn’t resonate with me.

Favorite track: If I had to choose, “Bomb Yourself” stands out.
Least favorite: Unfortunately, the entire album.
Album artwork: The cover is fine, but nothing particularly memorable.

Not bad for background music

A nice surprise. Some creativity on display here. Lots of interesting sounds - a capella loops, fuzz bass, distortion. I'll be revisiting this one.

I had never heard of the band or the album before. After the first few bars of the first track, however, I was interested. An interesting sound. I quite enjoyed listening to the album. In the end, I found the longer a capella parts a bit exhausting. I probably won't listen to the album again, but it was definitely interesting. 3/5

This was so disappointing!!

I only knew one of their songs before hand - Wolf Like Me (not on this album but a banger) so I went in with high expectations

But jesus this was so boring and repetitive!! 😪

2 ⭐️

Decent