Reviews by olio19

xxThe xx

Rated 6/10

This album is perfect for the day I listened to it on: a cold, cloudy February day. I've never heard of the band or any of the songs before so it was cool finding something fresh. It's a very good ambiance and a good album for background music. Some of my favorites were intro and VCR. The intro is really nice, honestly would've been fine if the entire album was like this. In VCR their voices sound very good together (in different verses as a part of the whole song and also when they're singing directly together). Overall I like the little guitar parts and their voices sound good together, but I don't know if this album could be anymore than background music or something to put on just to fill space. Not hate though, it's beautiful sounding! It kind of reminds me of "Of Monsters and Men" and feels very quintessentially 2010s.

It's a very nostalgic album for me because I heard it throughout my whole childhood. Got a lot of earworms on this album.
* Around the World - peak start to the album
* Parallel Universe - good continuation of RHCP jam
* Scar tissue, Otherside - 10/10 songs, perfect summer songs, funky with melancholy tones if you listen close
* Get on Top - Kind of stupid lyrics, but yes go white boy go! It's fun little bop if you don't listen to the words
* Californication - 10/10, just lyric-wise reminds me of Radiohead's 'Fake Plastic Trees'
* Easily - Meh, when he starts singing briefly it sounds good
* Porcelain - Pretty sad, short song, good one but I dunno if I'd listen to it on its own (maybe just as a part of this album)
* Emit Remmus - The guitar in the background of the verses is really grating
* I Like Dirt - I LIKE DIRT, peak song
This Velvet Glove - Decent song
Savior - I really like the overlapping of his voice in the bridge, relatable reflection on his father
Purple Stain - genuinely what the fuck
Right on Time - The chorus is nice
Road Trippin' - truly does sound like 'road tripping', not in a bad way though it's nice