Especially recommended to mecca, as I believe he's was a big fan of Romances.
Yeah. I've been all over this since they announced that it was coming out. The video they released is truly bizarre.
I think I prefer Romances at this point, but definitely happy with Bacteria Cult. Have you listened to Kaada's solo records? _________________ http://jonnyleather.com
RockyRaccoonIs it solipsistic in here or is it just me?ModeratorProfile Maryland
The first actual studio album from Flatbush Zombies is certainly a trip. Flatbush Zombies consists of Erick Arc Elliott, Meechy Darko, and Zombie Juice, and all three of them are really talented MCs. This whole album is very unique, and I give them a lot of credit for that. Half the tracks have these sci-fi feels to them, like we're travelling through the crazed dreams of the Flatbush Zombies, full of haunting, creepy strings and heavy drums, while there are production weak spots, most of this is really strong. The verses are great, each member of the Zombies are solid no matter when they come in, but the one that rises above the rest is Meechy Darko. Every time he comes in, he steals the spotlight, his voice and flow are uniquely his and they'll forcefully grab your attention whether you like it or not. His verse on "R.I.P.C.D" is especially good, rapping until he basically can't breathe. Overall there are some weak moments here, the last six minutes of the final track, consisting of recordings of fans talking about how much they love the Zombies, is pretty unnecessary, but this is a really solid album. _________________ Progressive Rock
The way that Rolling Blackouts Coastal fever blend surf pop guitars and sounds with the momentum of punk music is interesting. Some songs sound more like pop music, like gentle, almost Mac Demarco-sounding stuff. Airy guitars, lazy, relaxed arrangements, precise melodies, but then other times, they sound like punk music (albeit relatively soft punk music). The tempos start to get faster, the lyrics and vocals more aggressive, but it never sounds out of place. I will say, some of the songs tend to blend into each other, which can bring the album down a bit, but overall it's an interesting album. _________________ Progressive Rock
The thing that makes Mike Eagle so great is that he doesn't rap, he just talks to you and it happens to rhyme. That's the sign of good songwriting, whether hip-hop or otherwise, when the rhymes sound accidental, like it just coincidentally happened in the course of conversation. Mike Eagle has always been exceptionally good at communicating his thoughts, he unpacks his observations slowly in each song and draws you into the narrative of whatever he's saying. On this album, he goes anywhere from criticizing people's obsessions with their phones to talking about racial issues, and he does it all so effortlessly and so perfectly that you can't help but be captivated by him. Along with Paul White's 70s-inspired production, which is excellent and accents Eagle perfectly, we have one of the best, if not the best, hip-hop albums released this year. _________________ Progressive Rock
This is a real throwback to 90s R&B/hip-hop. The tracks on here sound like a quick summation of all of the R&B of that decade, but Kamaiyah doesn't sound like she's trying to just imitate TLC or something, she completely makes it her own. Her singing and rapping sounds effortless, and she has this power, this independence about her that is so interesting. She's not going to fulfill the stereotypical "woman in R&B" role, singing about lost love or whatever, she's singing about how much she loves sex, doing drugs, whatever. She doesn't care, this is who she is and if you don't like it, too bad. Along with that, we have some incredibly catchy songs, songs like "Out The Bottle" and "Niggas" could go on forever and I'd be totally ok with that, they feel cyclical but simultaneously they never outstay their welcome. Album closer "For My Dawg" shows a sensitive side to Kamaiyah, a very personal track about dealing with the death of a friend from cancer. There are a couple tracks here that fall a little flat, but overall this is a really solid R&B album and one that can be catchy as anything. _________________ Progressive Rock
It's obvious who Margo Price's inspiration is. If you couldn't tell from the music, just look to the album title, it's all very Loretta Lynn, which isn't surprising considering she worked with Lynn on her Van Lear Rose album. Price is signed to Third Man Records, which makes sense considering Jack White's love for old-time country music, and that's exactly what Price does. She's very old-time country, but with her own identity. Price is never as straightforwardly autobiographical as Lynn would get, Price is more poetic. Not to say that one is inherently better than the other, it's just Price's style, and it works for her. She has a beautiful voice, very powerful, very plaintive, and her songwriting is excellent. It's simple, it's honest, and it's powerful. If you're into Loretta Lynn-style country music, this is an album for you. _________________ Progressive Rock
The journey of Weezer has been an interesting one. From the highest of highs to Make Believe, Weezer has been all over the place and their journey has been a contentious issue. They tried to go for mainstream pop success, and did ok, much to the chagrin of their fans, but then two years ago, they released Everything Will Be Alright In The End, and everyone said "Oh thank god they're coming back". Now, they'll never be back to 90s Weezer, Rivers Cuomo isn't interested in that and I don't blame him. It's been twenty years since The Blue Album, Rivers is a different person. But, with Everything Will Be Alright and now with The White Album, Weezer is slowly working their way back. This is one of the better batches of songs we've seen from Weezer in a long long time. Rivers' ability to write a catchy song is incredible, and this album is loaded with fun, power pop songs, exactly what we've come to expect from Weezer over the years. There's some re-purposing of their older work here to an extent, and it works. The lyrical references are insane at times, with allusions to Dante's Inferno to tiger sharks to medically-induced constipation, we certainly haven't lost weird quirky Rivers, and matched with great hooks, we've got a Weezer album that hearkens back to their early days. Is it perfect? No. But it's probably the best thing they've done since The Green Album. _________________ Progressive Rock
The whole time I was listening to this album I kept thinking "What genre would I call this?". Metal? Not really. Prog? No. Experimental rock? Maybe, there's a little krautrock in it for sure. Eventually I just settled on sorta kinda post-rock. It has a post-rock tone to it, however it doesn't have the massive climaxes and builds that you would hear on a stereotypical post-rock album (aside from perhaps on "Nowhere (Sweet Sixteen)"). But there's that tone to it, that feel. It's a little drone-y at times, and just kind of all over the place, it's hard to describe. But however you want to describe it, it's good. Ulver has changed a lot, I first heard them with their debut album, Bergtatt, which is a black metal album, and by now they've changed and totally reformed into what they are now. There's a lot of everything on here. Songs that focus on melody, songs that are more ambient, songs that are more soulful and kind of funky, it's just everything, and it's that variety that makes this such an interesting album. _________________ Progressive Rock
Sometimes "conscious hip-hop", as its called, can be preachy. In fact often times its preachy. But sometimes it can be poignant, it can say something important without sounding preachy, and Oddisee is able to do that. He tackles anything from the history of African people in the United States (from colonial times onward) to prejudices he and others face as Muslim Americans. But not everything is some grand statement about the big picture of the world at large, he also discusses growing up in DC, confusing musical creativity with drugs and alcohol because of his musical idols, all kinds of personal stuff too. He's everywhere on this, and the balance is very good, and along with the laid back beats, it makes for a really cool album. _________________ Progressive Rock
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