I See a Darkness

moody

I was in a proper pit of despond when this album came out. It was perfect. It helped that there are moments of hope and humour in there.

I had to listen on YouTube as it's unavailable on Spotify, but this album was very nice and cozy.

Never heard of this before. It was nice enough I guess.

I wasn't depressed enough to truly appreciate this today, but in the right circumstances I think it could flourish for me. It's quite uniform and unvaried in terms of pacing, though I get that's entirely the point, and none of what I heard was unenjoyable.

this was pretty good but loses points (figuratively this is not a five star album either way) for making me listen on youtube with incessant adverts 🫩

This was a cool new discovery! Exactly why I signed up. It’s a shame this is not available on Spotify. I had to listen to it on YouTube and there were ads in between the tracks. Although maybe that interruption prevented me from thinking the suns were all too similar. At first the singing, with out of sync and some times out of tune harmonies was a bit off putting. But soon the mood of the album and the lyrics pulled me in. Very atmospheric, gloomy in a good way. I’m happy to know this one.

I'm not averse to a bit of melancholy, and in general I liked the music here, but I don't particularly care for Oldham's wavery voice.

Really wanted to like this. I dig Will Oldham's vibe and the indie Americana thing he pushes, but this was just pale wallpaper music for me. No real big swings musically, lyrically, or sonically.

Listened, but with some difficulties. Not worth it.

Not a bad listen, but didn't hit me as being all that interesting either.

A dreary, country-adjacent mess.

Apparently Pitchfork described this as "the type of record that demands solitary reverence", and I'd agree - I definitely don't think it benefitted from listening to it on YouTube, where it was interrupted by jarringly cheerful adverts for Monzo. Even without the right conditions though, this was very atmospheric.

The Good: A historic recording!
The Bad: Nothing to do with Scotland…
The Ugly: The actual darkness we get to see…

Since discovering the “did not listen” button option, I’ve been doing a piss poor job at keeping up with rating the albums that I am daily presented with. Result, today’s album is number 614, yet I have only rated 588… Time to play catch up, and this is one of them…

There was a point while listening to this album, that I found myself actually enjoying the experience… but it only lasted about 1 1/2 minute, and then the album went right back into whatever the hell this is supposed to be…

Did not like, will only skim through this record again if, at some point, I accidentally get bored and want to see if I can change my mind about 2* albums...

Didn’t hate it … but did nothing for me

Deeply emotionally invested in this one. Kills me every time. Probably the peak Will Oldham record.

Huh. Not on Spotify, so had to dig it out on Youtube.

Will say, knowing nothing of this album other than the cover, I have been curious about it as I do like the cover. But it was a crapshoot for what genre I was going to get. It was either gonna be some electronic music, indie folk, or some sort of noise rock.

Welp, I got the indie folk, haha.

And I quite like it. It's a little understated for my tastes (Although when it does pick up like in Madeleine-Mary with it's echoed guitar lines, it's great), but it's a nice listen. He's got a good voice, piano and guitars are nice. It's just a nice sounding album in general.

Couple songs are verging slightly on Pink Floyd-isms like Song for the New Breed. Album's just got a very similar darkness that Pink Floyd's music has. Maybe some Neutral Milk Hotel vibes as well, such as on Black.

So yeah. Really good indie folk. Wouldn't mind taking another listen sometime.

Maybe I’m just in the wrong mood , as I love folk and goth but not thier bastard child apparently

Oh, it's the guy from the Jeffrey Lewis song!

"And you might say now there's a guy who seems to have their world laid out before him
Or you might say, he's just a rich kid or a fascist or a charlatan
But either way you say it if you look at indie-rock culture you really can't ignore him
And even if at first dismissive, after some listens you'll enjoy him"

I hope Jeff makes this list.

Dark as fuck, but I did listen to a podcast where chef David Chang said this album kept him alive. Let's call that a win. Good record.