Reviews by mikey_nc

Great melodies and production. Not always a fan of synth-pop, but CHVRCHES are some of the best the genre has to offer.

The playing is so good on this album and I really vibed with parts of it, but the length and the amount of dead air were too much. I don’t mind super-long songs if they tell a story or build towards something, but a lot of this was just aimless jamming.

I read about this album when I was ~16, went and listened to it, and decided it was too mature and meditative for my young brain. I’ve just tried again at 27 and I can confirm that it still mostly sounds like rambling bullshit. Maybe I’ll give it another shot next decade.

Sure whatever it was fine. Please God tell me I’m free from Elvis Costello. If we had stopped at 2~ albums I think I’d have learned to appreciate him. After however many we’ve had I’ve gotten incredibly sick of him.

I wanted to give this some credit for the bass playing, but listening to Johnny Rotten try to be a serious artist or whatever is a massive chore.

To hell with it all, I’m a nerd. I’m an old white nerd, and this shit is wonderful. I’ll be taking no further questions.

A quirky one. I like the early psychedelic sound here, but the melodies and riffs can get repetitive and the band didn’t really have any talented singers. A solid time.

Light, happy, and childlike, yet also weirdly funky. Almost like the Talking Heads as children, in a good way. Some of the songs are a little too half-baked for me to rate this too high, though.

Is every fart that ever came from Elvis Costello’s ass going to be on this list

This has more craft and, unironically, roots to it than a lot of metal albums, but it’s seriously lacking in melody and dynamics. Put another way, there are no hooks and it’s all a bunch of loud chugging aside from a couple acoustic instrumentals. I respect it, but I don’t really like it.

A more mature Missy Elliott album, though the maturity is kind of superficial and doesn’t affect the quality much one way or the other. I liked it fine.

There is such a thing as too spacey and I think this album is there. Too much empty space and not enough melody or compelling elements.

Thin, moody, and withdrawn. Pretty evocative, if not always gripping. Interesting to hear this band’s much more atmospheric earlier albums as I mainly know them from their pop hits.

Very strange and difficult to find intact. I don’t have anything against this, but I can’t pretend it held my attention for any reason beyond sheer novelty. Experimental German theater is one of those things I’m just never going to develop an interest in.

A very quiet and mild folk album. I like the guitar playing and some of the songs, but it’s hard to feel too strongly about it.

I wasn’t really into this album on a personal level, but it has an expansive sound and some personality.

A fun and bouncy album. I like the extended instrumental sections.

Quite forgettable with a mediocre singer. I think unfortunately reggae is starting to miss more often than it’s hit.

Much more lush and serene than The Holy Bible. I definitely like this album more, but I also have to admit that their edgy fury on that album was more memorable than this sound.

YOU’RE BUSY SUCKING ON MY DING DONG… this probably should be a 1 because it’s mostly just guitar noise that’s up its own ass, but I have enough respect for Lou Reed as an artist not to banish it to those ranks.