Reviews by owen

Never heard of Espers, but I'll be listening to more; I really enjoyed this. Definitely reminiscent of Fairport Convention, but with a modern twist.

Ok, maybe I'm getting used to the slurred/mumbled singing because it didn't offend me quite as much this time. I like this even though it's maybe a little dated.

This wasn't terrible, but it wasn't too much to my taste; a little too close to emo for me.

I liked this well enough, and it was definitely an improvement over the last couple of days, but I have to admit I kind of tuned it out after a while.

I hate the vocals here with an extreme passion. I'm feeling bad for giving RHCP one star yesterday, because this is a whole new level of awful.

Kiedis really is a terrible vocalist

I quite liked the Death In Vegas album on the main list and gave it 4*, but this one is much less compelling IMO. Not unpleasant, but fairly run of the mill.

Two days ago, I'd never heard of that day's artist, underscores, and here she is guesting on today's album. This one didn't do it for me nearly as much though; it felt a little insubstantial and lacking in agency. A high two, because it wasn't unpleasant.

I've listened to their "Cinq Saisons" album in the past, and this is much in the same vein, except maybe a little less folky and more proggy. I liked it. A decent amount; a high three.

I'm not going to claim this is New Order's best, but I also think it's a little maligned here. It still sounds pretty great. I liked Singularity a lot; you could hear the Tom Rowlands contribution pretty clearly. Superheated might be the weakest track on it.Still gets a four in my book.

I'd never heard of underscores before, and I suspect I'm fairly comfortably outside the demographic that this is aimed at, but I actually really liked it. Enough variation to keep me consistently interested. I like the glitchiness to it, which I feel did not step into the bounds of overdoing it.

Enjoyable jazz. Early Summer was the standout track for me. Low four stars.

I found this to be very bland. I'll echo others calls to have more non-English-language music on here, but this isn't a great example of it IMO.

Some of the beats are pretty good, but I really find his voice annoying. A very low two.

I'd only previously heard Werewolves of London which is a good catchy song. But the rest of this album is pretty great too - some enjoyable songwriting here.

Super generic music by committee.

Hate it. Can't stand the screaming.

Chill and pleasant, but not something i see myself listening to repeatedly. Low three.

I wasn't sold on the bits with vocals, but the instrumental sections were very enjoyable. If this had been purely instrumental, a solid four; as it is, a high three.

I know this is a critical darling, but it just doesn't do it for me. I think it's mainly that I don't like Mangum's voice