[Purplepash]

I love Boogie and all the other Brockhampton singles (including their new ones from this eear) so I was looking forward to listening to this album but in the end I was disappointed. I guess they will just be a singles band for me. Whereas I have been a fan of Wolf Alice since their debut single and their first album is my top 10 for 2015. Visions of a Life is a great follow up album. The way they can go from dream pop to 90s indie rock influences to punk and still feel like the albums flow well is impressive. From the lush, cinematic Don't Delete The Kisses to the shoegazey Space and Time to the punky Yuk Foo all showcasing her variety as a vocalist it's an excellent album.

[Skinny]

Wolf Alice are terrible whereas Brockhampton are just wildly overhyped.
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[craola]

[Puncture Repair]

Brockhampton are a calling for the fresh hip hop loving middle class suburbia, complete with a DIY aesthetic and pseudo progressive rejection of traditional sexuality and commercialism. Eat your heart out.

I was (and still am) in love with the original Saturation. It's a blend of homebrew beats, lo-fi indie and punk that I'd never heard before. Literally nobody in the group can rap, but the personalities of each member still shon through, and the 'disenfranchised young men' themes that unite them got its hook in me as I'd just finished uni and stepped into the wider world.

Sat 2 and 3 are refinements on the formula, but they essentially churned out the same album two more times without the clumsy angst that made the first one appealing, imo. Plus they don't have 'HEAT', which is objectively the best track.

Surprised Sat 3 is regarded as the best of the three, but I'm glad Brockhampton are getting some representation in this tournament since they played such a large role in my 2017.