Reviews by avoidperil

I've listened a couple times before but honestly, the level of mastery on this thing. It's so interesting from start to finish. Truly wonderful.

What kind of live crap is this? Play some actual Nirvana songs. I'd have been so mad if I was at this gig.

Really quite lovely, especially the closing tracks. It has everything I've yet to hear from CSNY but with a lot of unrestrained experimental folk to it. It's actually quite stirring and beautiful.

Actually really great post-punk. I always liked Pretty In Pink and Love My Way, but this hits just like REM from the same era. Haven't had a deep dive into the lyrics but it feels like he's making some interesting points. Solid album, needs a few more spins. 7/10

Very samey, antiquated style music. Perfunctory soul music like Sam Cooke but not as good. There's only so many love songs I can bother listening to in one go.

An interesting listen and definitely something that should be experienced. A worthy addition, but also - not something I'll ever reach for willingly or want to listen to again. The vocals on the 22 minute Autobahn song are so flat, it ruins the experience.

Made me feel physical revulsion. I did not like this, and I did not finish this.

Not at all what I expected looking at the cover. It's garage surf-punk with male/female vocal pairings. Reminiscent of Talking Heads and Roxy Music in places just not as accomplished. Nothing really stands out on any of the tracks.

Oh uh yeah, amazing. Brilliant. No notes.

There's more to this than I expected. I quite like the song-writing, and there's a feeling that all the funky jams have a purpose and intention to them. It both takes itself super seriously (track 2) or is just fine to play around. Not my usual 'home' sound but enjoyable. 7/10

Oh who am I kidding? If anything deserves a 5 in this trash heap, it's this. This is the anthem of my entire generation. 10/10

I found myself wishing I was listening to the originals instead of her lacklustre covers. 3/10

At first listen I had a problem with the vocal - it feels very mismatched from the production. On a listen with better headphones, most of the songs are more bearable, but the vocal still takes me out. And despite the lushness of the songs, I'm not sure where it is they're taking me. There are moments of gorgeous charm and tranquility, but then it launches into very muddy walls of sound that I feel don't thrill me in the way is intended - they're just feedback and noise. I literally just skipped 2 minutes forward on the last track and couldn't tell I'd done so. Admire the ambition but it doesn't move me. 6/10

Short, saccharine. RIP. The personal story-telling tempered by odd conclusions. I respect what's going on here, and some of it is very dark. But it's not making me rush to hear more. 7/10

I can't finish this. I just don't like it. It's thin, there's no production, the lyrics are just completely alien to my experience, there's no melody. I'm not made for this kind of hip hop and I'm not going to waste any time trying to 'get it'

Cold War and Tightrope and Come Alive are spectacular (aside from Big Boi verse). Janelle's vocal quality is so appealing, and versatile enough to explore a large variety of styles and genres. There are so many twists and turns and each pulled off with so much proficiency. And as a fan of 'of Montreal' the song with their feat might be the worst on the album, but it's still a surprise.
First time listen: 9/10

Way better than I expected. Is anyone else out there listening with headphones? This is one for headphones. The first and last track are silly experiments and can be disregarded - the rest is formative electronic music. Special mention to HALCYON + ON + ON which is absolutely incredible.

I'm too familiar with this album for my rating to be impartial. All I can really say is that it finishes strong but I don't care for the opening track aka the singles which are decent at best. 7/10

Probably good if this is what floats your boat but I'm not big on this style of singing and there's no where else to go on a recording like this. Also a live album so there's a lack of intention or getting the best take - so it's performance and songwriting and these songs are just sappy old things.

Ambitious, languid, cohesive in its sound and unafraid to lean into it, with perhaps the most offensively obtuse first couple of drum beats I've ever heard. Not every song hits, and the slow and often muffled vocal take can be draining. The album works best when the music swallows the vocal into a swell of neo-psychedlic sound. 8/10