Reviews by henry-winchester

Probably their best? Just so layered and textured.

The kind of thing I would have loved at the time.

Echo and the Bunnymen but without being extremely fucking annoying in places.

Did we just forget how to pace albums? This starts great, with a kind of sly wit and intelligence that only seems to have emerged over the past decade, but it gradually loses its way. I think that this kind of acerbic songwriting outstays its welcome pretty quickly — Pulp, who are the progenitors of this genre, made it work by including more variables on "This is Hardcore." "Deep Down Happy" isn't bad, but it either needs to be shorter or have more variety.

Avril Lavigne's moody older sister (and she was already a moody older sister).

Funky and jazzy and oh god I just can't.

Never start a sentence with "I."

Smelly music made by a smelly man for smelly people.

Great background music.

fuck me this is unlistenable

Ahead of the curve, just not always that listenable.

This sounded A LOT like REM, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. It hasn't dated as badly as other music of this era.

RIP Gord.

Pretty good!

Blissful

A blueprint for lo-fi and experimental music, really unfair how maligned Yoko has been. Yes, some of this goes a bit too far into the experimental realm ("Fly" especially), but the more fun tracks more than make up for it.

I'm not sure if these guys have been featured on "The Bear" soundtrack, but this is the most "The Bear" music ever. Like that series, it's all very raw and emotional but also totally by-the-numbers and superficial and ultimately doesn't say or do anything that hasn't been said or done a million times before.

Caught Bob in Bristol a few years ago, there's something really moving and heartfelt about him. Loved this album.

Newest album I've heard on here! And fucking great. Becomes a little numbing in places, but this combo of angelic vocals and extreme metal is like nothing else on earth.

Missed out on this, but it really feels like it was so important. Reminds me of the Avalanches in its use of samples, or Todd Rundgren in its ADHD-like refusal to sit still and settle on anything for too long, or maybe more experimental EDM like Boards of Canada or Oneohtrixpointnever. But the lyricism here is what really holds it together and elevates it; sort of like Kanye’s evil twin (debatable). "AllCaps" is so good.

Kind of weird in an enjoyable way.