Reviews by giddy

I may not be able to understand most of the album, but I am a sucker for when hip hop is paired with a genre you don't see too often and MPB is a great pairing. Just wish it kept that pairing the whole time and I think this would be something truly special.

That sure was Earth, Wind & Fire.

Devastating.

I'll give you this, I wouldn't have blinked twice were this on the main list.

I've seen this band's album covers, but I knew nothing about them otherwise. It was fun, though! I love the energy Australians seem to bring to punk, and the guitar playing was nesrly sludge metal at points, which I quite enjoyed. Just wish it was less repetitive and a tiny bit more melodic at points, but this is punk we're talking about, so that seems unfair of an ask, huh?

No, no I am not.

I was so, so, SO close to enjoying this in the same way I'd enjoy Fleet Foxes are even Sufjan Stevens, but instead it felt pretty middle of the road. Nice and brief, with some stand out moments, but nothing so incredible that I came to see why Bon Iver is nearly a household name.

I respect the energy of this album, and I certainly appreciate it scratching that itch that a lot of power pop seems to miss for me. This is what Weezer should be up to now. It is constantly moving and shifting and as a whole album it is one solid art piece that I quite appreciate. Just hard to wrap my head around sometimes to give it too high of praise, but it is undoubtably good.

Hey, I think I talked to the person who added this on the Subreddit when they got done with the generator. Hi!!!

Unfortunately, album wasn't really my cup on tea. Felt a little too on the nose for the kind of music here, and the vocals just flashed me into a Hot Topic in 2004. Instrumentally, it was solid but probably not enough so to lift this up. Liked the ideas, and I may like their debut more, who knows!

The children yearn for the days of 2000s Arctic Monkeys, but that is probably discrediting this album far too much. There's a lot of great and good stuff on here, just have to wait long pauses to get to it.

Everything I read about this album made it sound worse than it is. It's an album that obviously loves Rage Against the Machine, but misses the nuances that make that band so special, which causes this to mostly boring. Lyrically it's blunt and of it's time, but I suppose it's still apt for now, at least. I understand wanting to put this here, but I feel like this album and its messages were exactly covered on the exact album it pays homage to, all sans Tom Morello guitar.

Just regular ol' blues rock. Not offensive, not interesting. Found in every bargain bin record box in America.

The Avett Brothers are such a strange band in my life. They are my parents' favorite band of all time. Have been for nearly two decades. That means when I was younger this album had just been released I heard each song probably literally 100s of times. You'd think that'd make me despise these songs, especially when my music taste doesn't match theirs all too exactly. Yet, call it some form of Stockholm Syndrome, but I don't hate, dislike, or even think any of these are boring. Too safe? Maybe... but I still liked this little trip down memory lane, and while they certainly have better albums, I think this album has charm, and far exceeds similar music from the era. The biggest crime this album commits is no "Pretty Girl from..." songs like the other albums had. Those were always the best.

Was kind of hoping for more here, but it was mostly just inoffensive? Lots of songs feeling like they were on the verge of a religious montage backing track, but there was softer moments I enjoyed a bit more. The whole album kind of just exists, though.

Hey, quick note 1001 Generator users. Remember when you'd all complain about how long some of the albums were? Why have I gotten five albums in a row that go over an hour? I know I have to attack Springsteen and Phish live at some point, isn't that long enough? Ten minute albums from here on out, okay? Thanks.

In all seriousness, what a trip of an album. I don't know if that is necessarily a good thing, but man did the longer this album went on did I feel the joke of it all start to land more and more. It isn't the most melodic album, and I don't think I'd come back to a particular track if I could, but I respect this album enough sonically to boost it into the 3's area. Just... maybe ease some people in with Vision Creation Newsun first? Then again, that's not a ten minute album. Hmm... tricky.

Just taken off of streaming, but I don't mind, I bought the album on Bandcamp the moment I found out, and you should, too. Support artists directly if you can! That being said, listening to that very version on Bandcamp, as the LP, vinyl version, while the original, is not exactly quite as accessible.

Anyway, the album itself is mystifying. There are plenty of moments on this record that you could argue aren't even fully "music," but the overall tone of the album is such a foreboding, heavy feeling that feels like the world could rip itself apart at any moment, and when it all comes to a climax, you find yourself swept up in all the right emotions. It can be a long wait, and if you're impatient like me you may start to doubt the album, but it always pays off; just let it cook.

Has fantastic moments, great moments, and I'd even say it doesn't have bad moments. However, I would say it lacks a little bit of proper pacing, and with an album this long, that is pretty important. But, all the right beats are there, and this album's dire cry for help is as relatable as ever, and the fantastic blend of indie rock and alt-country, with a pinch of post-hardcore, leads to one of the best of the late 90s rock scene. It just needs some of the filler chopped off to make it one of the greatest of all time.

I really want to like this album, I like what I've heard of them, and they seem like solid songwriters. But this album felt long and repetitive. I appreciated when the musicianship switched about halfway through, but nothing really stuck out, and the album seemed to drag on. I want to try more from this style of music, and I appreciate a modern rock opera, but this wasn't my cup of tea.

It is a shame how synthpop went from such a lively and lush genre in the disco era into the 80s new wave, to something rather stripped down in the 2000s. Obviously it works sometimes, and this album isn't bad, but I like my ice cold synthpop to be more meaningful than a simple long drive through the night. When things pick up, though, the album shows hints at something more that I really do like, and I'll give it credit for that.

This was, okay? It's not as good as the original, but it also isn't that different? It's a re-tread more than anything, making that 2.0 feel more like a stability update more than anything, and if there's one thing I think Garbage needs, it's variety, not stability. Still, Garbage is decent, and so is this album.