Rated 10/10
YAY! fabulous album. I might say something stupid exposes just how heartfelt this thing is. Charli taking over was well deserved, I think the finally the world caught up to her hyperpop DJ sensibilities. Mean girls hit me in another way this listen through.
Rated 8/10
slick 80s bops with punchy horns. needs a revisit.
Rated 6/10
Scratchy aggressive indie rock progenitors. This album comes without any of the smarmy, tongue in cheek I'm better than you trappings of some of the later stuff, so it has this very aggressive shambling sound. Truckers Atlas is very, very weird.
Rated 10/10
Teenagers indeed scare the shit outta me.
Rated 8/10
Cool Texas country from a time long gone by.
Rated 6/10
Love a good prepared piano track in Bells For Her. Like a mix between Sara Bareilles and Kate Bush. Meh.
Rated 6/10
Never really found anything I enjoyed much with this band and this album is no exception.
Rated 8/10
I never knew they were Canadian! An absolutely rock solid emo album, though that screamer sounds like he is in PAIN.
Rated 4/10
ewwwwwwwwwww. My issues with John Mayer are many, the first of which is his "whaaaaaaaaawnnn" delivery. This album was the high water mark for camp fire guitar players.
The lyrics one the first track are kinda wild. Like most Arctic Monkeys work, watch it as it goes way waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over my head.
Rated 6/10
Okay the opening has my attention. a slow ambient intro into a swampy blues piano/guitar combo. Okay I am bought in when it hits Eden. Inheritance I'm not such a fan of. I Believe In You is a similar disappointment. Really the back half squanders what was a really promising sonic start.
Rated 8/10
Very cool.
Rated 8/10
cool album but concept albums just aren't my thing. great bass and dynamics work.
Rated 8/10
Big Coheed vibes on this record. about halfway between a Broadway musical and a progressive rock record. The full experience is getting into the story and understanding the characters involved and i just cant do that working.
Rated 6/10
French classic punk
Rated 8/10
The guitar tone is very much indicative of the mid 2000s combined with a snappy articulate melodies with a fair amount of variety of sonic textures thrown in. I don't find it super captivating but its nice. The First Five Times is a song where all these elements come together for me. Reminds me of a Canadian style Death Cab For Cutie.
Rated 10/10
ALL RIGHT! TMBG are the greatest nerdiest musicians in the game and really any of their albums could be on this list. When Will You Die is such a rad song. What a goofball album.
Rated 6/10
People Watching sounds like a British, softer Bruce. The sax also adds to the comparison
Rated 8/10
Cool easy indie jazz fusion. Pines is a nice song. The whole album stays in this dreamlike easy downbeat indie space sonically, so if you are up for it; it delivers for 70ish minutes
Rated 10/10
I've heard this album before, a real triumph of artistic vision and fucking freaky reality. A complete masterpiece.
