Reviews by dthew26

I feel like this album is only included as some sort of weird social experiment to see how bad can an album be but we can still make people listen to it. This is nothing more than an overproduced poor man’s emo tinged Linkin Park. 1/5

Really bad. I appreciate the musicianship, but the songs are incredibly boring. Prog is hit or miss with me, and metal is pretty much a miss with me, so I guess prog x metal = double miss for me. 1.5/5

So many times I have listened to this album trying to love it. This last listen was probably my favorite. While I don't think I will ever embrace the screaming, the drone-gazey background and interesting music structure make this a solid album. I also saw them open for another band in the past year...great show!! 4/5

While note my favorite Decemberists album, certainly a fun one (prefer all 4 proceeding albums by a significant margin). I don't know if I fully appreciated this album until I saw them perform it live. I think the overall structure suffers a little bit from them trying to force the cohesive theme and rock opera elements, but certainly pockets of great songmanship. Love The Rake Song. 4/5

Exceptionally strange. Major Screaming Jay Hawkins vibes, which was very cool for ~2 songs before it really wore on me. 1.5/5

YLT should be right in my wheelhouse. While I enjoy this one, I don't quite find it to be elite. 3.5/5

There was still music like this being made in 2021?!? I had hope it died out a long time ago. Regardless, this one is pretty terrible. 1/5

Had some very interesting moments, but a tad too long (and hard to find)! 2.5/5

While likely the worst out of what I consider the "Classic" VW albums, it still has some great points and is an awesome listen. 4/5

Wow...that was bad. 1/5

Had some very interesting moments...different sounding folk. 3.5/5

Birdhouse in your Soul is always such an earworm for me....great song. While I don't love TMBG the same as many others of my age, I have grown to appreciate them more in recent years. 4/5

Really really interesting. Reminds me of Suicide in a way. I was surprised I hadn't had any exposure to it in the past but really glad I know it now. 4/5

To think I was actually excited to give this one a try...nothing catchy about it, just boring, down tempo electro pop (now with choirs!). Almost too self-serious at times. I found myself counting down the minutes until it was over so I could move to something else. 1/5

Such a classic. As a pretty big emo fan in circa 2001, I was always aware of American Football but it wasn't something that I ever delved into with any seriousness. Have come to enjoy it much more in the past 5 years. 4/5

Fun album...love SW. Ben is able to take everything that is great about the Ramones and amplify it to an 11. While I listened to far more Boogada at the time, the MBH and onward stuff is just lighter (and ultimately better imo). The song crafting and pop sensibilities are off the chart. 4.5/5

Likely my favorite TFC album. Starts off insanely strong, and while it does tail off in the 2nd half, is still an amazing listen. 5/5

I am by no means a Poptimist, but if I get a hankering, CRJ is usually my go-to. Emotion has some absolute bangers that make for a really fun listen. 4.5/5

Seemed like a boring take on singer songwriter emo. 2/5

Madvillany was the extent of my Doom exposure prior to this listen. Liked this far more...really interesting production and rapping. 3.5/5