Reviews by ultraclear

Toughest listen in a minute. Musically it sounds like a bunch of unfinished demos, lyrically most of these feel like throwaways, and I really, really, really dislike the raspy whisper singing. All of these songs are pretty short, and each one felt like it lasted an eternity.

Can’t escape the feeling that there’s an underlying joke here that I’m not quite in on, but end of the day this *started* grating, and never let up as it went on

Mercifully it’s a “solo album from a guy known for his work in a specific band” that isn’t just diet That Band’s Sound

Kind of hearing some hangover from Artpop bleeding into the sonic landscape. Overall pretty good, she's consistently a level above most of the other pop ladies in the business

Girl Grunge remains extremely good

Slow moody Irish folk. Not a jig in sight. This was a really cool change of pace. It did start to lose me a little bit during "Katie Cruel," but brought me back with "The Pride of Petravore." Rounding up the 4.5

Sure is some 90s Lo-Fi. Fine enough.

Decent quiet sunny morning music

Yeah, I'm sick of you too, Lou Reed. Guy already had way more than his fair share of exposure on the main thing

People keep recommending this guy to me. When I started in, I was worried I'd been burned, because I was extremely not liking the honky tonk bullshit I was hearing. I don't know if the album actually started doing anything different, or if it just started working its spell on me, but about a third of the way through I really started vibing with it.

Up its own ass, but in a mostly pleasant way

Middle of the road indie, not for lack of trying things, though.

Lot more verve and creativity than I feel like I usually get off of nu-metal stuff. Had a good time with this one

rip the legend; this is not as good as his black sabbath work

Smooth jazz break

Chuck Berry definitely should have had at least *something* on the original list. Despite having known for a while about his foundational influence on rock music, I'd never actually sat down with his stuff for a dedicated listen. I was expecting it to hit my ears as decent, if outdated, but honestly it's really really good toe-tapping music.

Shame it's from the era where it was normal to be writing songs about high school girls & referring to them as "little girl." That's always skeeved me out (cf. that godawful Dion album from the main list).

Absolutely rock solid. This one came through for me on a number of fronts that a lot of other metal acts tend to neglect, particularly in the mixing and the sequencing.

Goddamn right your love is cool. I've never heard of Wolf Alice in my life, and this ruled.

Was worried when it started that it was going to be another Oasis knockoff, but then as it got going it started mixing in more radiohead & other post-rock type sounds. Made for a good blend overall!

Ethiopian Jazz/Dutch Post-punk Fusion music. Holds together super well, though doesn't quite get as electrifying as I was hoping for

Finland’s Finest Flaccid Ballads and Butt Rock. It’s not good, but it’s not good in a way that makes me want to adopt it, rather than drive it away