Reviews by k-dot-r

Silly, fun, nonsensical (in a good way), and just a wee bit one-paced

Very strange, right from the concept to the way it appears on streaming, to (most of) the actual music. Must have been a head melter of a release for the record label - but a band who needed to go through this process to be able to come up with their next two flawless albums.

4 discs, 4 stars!

p.s. there are videos on YouTube of all four parts played at once - worth a listen, but (imho) only after listening to the building blocks

One medium hit, plenty of filler

Is landfill folk a thing yet? This sure sound like landfill indie crossed with a bland Mumford & sons rip-off. Not offensively bad, but dull and uninteresting

There are points where it is just noise, but other times a song threatens to break through. Right at the extreme edge of what could get a mainstream release, and as such it is important that it exists. Not a comfortable listen, at points, but somehow I don’t think that will bother them!

Weird, in a good and interesting way, but still very odd. Not their best work, but an engaging and enjoyable album I would (probably) never have heard without it being suggested here.

Rubbish

Very very 80s (not always in a good way); none of the big hits, but none the worse for it; sometimes sounds like Joy Division (obviously), other times like some sort of jam band (surprisingly). Not bad, just really not my thing. However, I reckon it might have been if I was seventeen years (rather than seven months) old when it came out!

Perfection, and somehow still not their best work! Should absolutely be in the book, along with all their other albums.

Rubbish, although the cover version is surprising enough and weird enough to scrape a second star - but only just

Good, but just lacking a wee bit of magic. Pleasant sounds for pottering about, but doesn't really grab my attention.

Not my kind of thing at all

Fine, but forgettable

Pish. The last thing the book/list needs is another band of pretentious, rich, privately educated English twats, who are pretending to be "weird" and "kooky". I am very happy to be able to block them again - and should really have known better than to waste 41 minutes of my life on this shit.

Not my usual jam, but very cool

Live album, not really eligible. Good though, just not an actual album.

Rubbish prog-hair

Slow boring folk - sounds more English than Irish at points

I didn't understand a word, but liked it a lot anyway!

Far superior to her earlier work, but still not really my kind of thing. Feels too considered and deliberate, and perhaps slightly over-produced - not a surprise when Mark Ronson was behind the desk!