Reviews by henry-winchester

Music can just be really nice sometimes, can't it?

Fun punk. Fun, punk.

The title is one of my dad's favourite sayings.

Fuzzy guitar and incisive and funny lyrics. It has a kind of humility that only Australians can deliver. And it's really well-paced as an album.

Why does this guy sing like a cartoon manatee.

Enjoyed this in a sub-Weezer way.

Honestly haven't been a huge fan of these guys so far, but this was actually just right. I'm facing huge deadline stress right now, and this helped calm my brain down just a little bit. Reminded me of Neil Young in places, too, which is never a bad thing.

Love his soundtrack work, and this was great to start with, but it did get a bit samey after a while.

I feel like Christian rock gets a pass among the music press because they're generally nice people, and that American reviewers are also probably Christian.

But this way of being Christian rock without outwardly saying it, like they're embarrassed about it, it just feels so disingenuous, like a weird underhand tactic to sign young people up for what is basically mainstream cult. And it's all so shiny and nice that it glosses over the fact that they don't have a goddamn thing to say.

Never not interesting.

Reminded me of Muse in that they're very technically competent and relishing in post-Radiohead melancholia, but they also don't seem to have a damn thing to sing about.

Somehow this 2009 album teleported me from 2026 to 1987 and now I'm stuck here. Send help.

Do you like The Libertines? Well this band sounds exactly the same.

(I don't like The Libertines)

Timeless and beautiful.

I do find it weird how some bands become huge in the US but never quite crack the UK. I'd never heard of these guys, and I wasn't really listening to new music when they were about, but they're good, a little goofy and tender.

The production is spot-on, but god there's not a whole lot going on here is there?

This is so playful and a reminder of how fun and innovative hip-hop was. There are moments here that are so stripped-back and simple that they could almost be modern tracks (I listened to Nourished by Time yesterday and it sounds kinda similar in places), but at other times it does become a bit boring and stale. Still a great record though.

Really liked this. Kept changing direction and never not interesting. Reminded me of Mansun just a little bit.

Like Air in places, very croony and cheesy in others.

An English take on Slipknot-era metal; it sounds great but I always find music like this more funny than threatening. The band look like butter would't melt in their mouths, but here they are singing about death and annihilation. Bless 'em.

Reminds me of heroin. A pleasant warm and comfortable feeling, while quietly killing you because you've never solved the problems that are eating you from within, and destroying society by driving crime rates up around the world.