Reviews by mitten

Artistic, fresh and worthwhile, slow section in the middle, maybe that gives the album a unique flow but it felt like a bit of a lull. The album's still good, though

Perfectly average, as all things shouldn't be

Exciting first few tracks, but it sort of winds down from that. Still a cool album even if it doesn't hit as much as the start. Space music of sorts

One that I was pretty interested in getting, but there really isn't much of a thrill offered outside of the singles. The hits and the rest are differentiated with the clearest of lines

It's decent, it just needs more of the spark

Exciting, fun '90s alt-rocker, hard not to feel some good vibes from it

Faultless and atmospheric through every track, yet the most easy-listening thing imaginable, and much earlier a peak than that of their moody synthpop counterparts in New Order and Depeche Mode

An artpiece of its time, and a sweet listen full of bloops that are decidedly different from everyone else's bloops

Strange electronic music to immerse into rather than dance to, but also too vibrant to quite be ambient

It keeps a consistent atmosphere in a comforting way

It is a world, and it consumes me

It makes me think of Stevie Wonder, it makes me think of Persona 5, and since they've both got multiple mentions in the top few pages of reviews I don't have too much to add

It doesn't so much reach the memorability of the aforementioned in individual tracks, but as a full general listening experience it's vibrant and fulfilling

Starting to feel like if I ever hear another punk album it'll be too soon, and with hardcore punk it just turns into a free pass for everything to sound like mushy sameness and call it a day. It's apparently one of the firsts of its style. That's cool, it makes me feel drained when I listen to it, too

It can get into feeling more gimmick than serious album with the sort of bizarre rock hit covers, they don't necessarily sound bad, it's just a strange album for listening. It's at least okay

I like the revival, but it doesn't go too far beyond being a fun and decent but mostly forgettable version of its inspirations, with a couple stand-out songs

Ranging from some sort of '90s disco-pop style, a ballad or two, and some presumably more-traditional though oft repetitive tracks (though mostly preferable), all with an excessively clean, commercial, sort of bland shine to it

Much was thrown at the wall, but little stuck

A feat of bizarre unique space music, the last two or three tracks might fizzle out rather than achieve any fanfarous conclusion but that's not enough to cancel out the pure intrigue offered by the rest of the album

The jives are unstoppable

A super '90s sound as if they were trying to score The Matrix or something, it's cool but it's lacking in dynamics and excitement to keep itself interesting all the way through

It actually sounds pretty rad, it's just really hard to remember it exists. Even while it's actively playing

Pleasant to start, but it wore out its welcome a bit. He bears a mildly unique voice for his folk scene, it's comfortable, it's rustic and soft like there's a little James Taylor playing songs for you in your living room, but not too much else to say

Not much of a variety pack, you hear one song and you've mostly heard them all, but they've got some cool sound anyhow. Not necessarily outshining similar bands but still nice

An upbeat and invigorating thrill, the biggest hits shine above the rest but the album still serves well as a definitive collection of songs to be rebellious to

It's a decently cool rock album with some unique feel to it, the songs could do more to win me over but the music feels more interesting than a "just anybody" no-name indie rock band, so I appreciate the character

The world's grooviest rock band is at it again, and it sounds good as ever, fresh and uniquely Steely - purely smooth