Reviews by crumb_embargo

corny corny shit but there's a bopping quality to some tracks that prevents a 1 from me

Love to choogle, but too much noodling to be a 4 for me

Title track bangs but not much else exciting here for me

This music made me feel genuinely unsafe! Blasting the first two tracks on a good speaker really made my home feel like an alien, terrifying place, that's a great accomplishment. If you can actually unsettle me you must be doing something right, 4 stars!

Listen, the duty free store needs music too, I understand that.

This album has a lot of bangers, I feel like I'm definitely coming back to it. Y'all giving 2's should reevaluate

There's something oddly charming about this record

Wow, I didn't like this

There's some interesting stuff here in the back half but the singer and the lyrics really impart a cornball aquabats kind of vibe that I grew to resent even when the songs decided to develop a backbone near the end

Was almost a 2 until the unearned minute and a half fade out of the last song. Really just unenthusiastic, sterile, uninteresting music.

I was very excited for this album! I really like the tabla, I like Indian music, but the bad drum and bass is bad and all the voiceovers are really annoying. This is a rough one. It has its moments (the beginning of Light is chill), but as a whole this is pretty grating.

Comes in so strong, if it was just the first 7 songs minus What Do You Do For Money Honey it would definitely be a strong 4 or even a 5, but that song and the last 3 really bring it down for me.

If you don't like Jeru then you're Ignorant, simple as. Also that DJ Premier production, this is that Science.

You can't keep making 6 minutes songs where the singer is hanging out on one note the whole time and nothing happens. No movement, verveless. Stop this madness.

Usually when there's a band from the 60s or 70s on this list that I've never heard of it's going to be a bad day but this was quite cromulent, above replacement level psych rock with a good amount of variety.

I was on the fence but you have to reward a jazz album where every song is less than 3 minutes and 30 seconds long. That's restraint I have not seen on this list before and I can actually enjoy this like a non-jazz album

Look, I originally gave this a 2 because it felt like there was some musicality here but after reading the 5 star reviews some of you need to be punished. This is not a celebration of world music and they weren't drawing from other cultures or engaging with them in a meaningful way. Please don't give them a 5 because you've never heard a sitar before, we can change you. The song writing is so low effort and I truly despise the Gilbert and Sullivan-esque Minotaur Song.

Incubus makes kind of dumb music but sometimes it hits and that's truly incredible

Speakerboxxx: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Love Below: ⭐️⭐️

I was feeling a light 3 until I hit that cover of All Tomorrow's Parties, man that one is rough.