I'm All Ears
by Let's Eat Grandma

From cestuneblague TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/05/2018 05:44 | #217783 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Really this works so much better than it should. Sounding like a monster hybrid of Chvrches, Beach House, Dillon, Melody's Echo Chamber and latter-day Bjork, this should be a sappy, ungainly mess, but for such a young band they show a remarkable grasp of all the seemingly incongrunt material and make something special by meshing the more direct and lush-ly poppy songs with soundscapes that are much more languid & surreally psychedeliac (or Hypogenic, I guess, fellow kids). A lovely, surprisingly affable special-seashell that keeps getting better with each listen.

What a surprise this album was! I was intrigued by the singles that they released (Hot Pink, It's not Just Me, Falling into Me) and was curious to see if the rest of the album would match this quality... I wasn't disappointed. This album has so many things going for it: thoughtful and unique "coming of age" lyrical themes, genre blending and blurring, well paced track list, and the successful experimentation that makes this album stand out from the crowd.

The production is precise, and we even find the very relevant and talented SOPHIE producing on a couple of the tracks, bringing her signature and recognizable production style in the forefront on "Hot Pink," a song that not only SLAPS but also explores very current issues of gender misconceptions and gender identity. This track also happens to be one of my personal favourites (along with It's not Just Me, Cool & Collected, and Donnie Darko).

Honestly, along with SOPHIE's release this year (OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES), this is some of the best recently released pop music that I can think of. I feel as though the sounds of PC Music and Bubblegum Bass are proving that they're the future of pop music, and this album is pretty strong evidence.

From LebowskiRams TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/04/2018 03:16 | #217724 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This is creeping on AOTY material for me. Dreamy. coming of age, experimental. It's a lovely album. The first two tracks are AMAZING, and the rest of the record has trouble matching them, except for Donnie Darko. Great record.

From HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/09/2018 06:16 | #217963 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

It's certainly inventive and adventurous. Somehow, it feels on the verge of falling apart without going quite over the edge. Sometimes, the aesthetic is a bit much, and really, the only thing that ever works is when songs are traveling all over the place. But it flows well, and even though it's not nearly as sonically original as it likes to believe it is, but it's certainly more exciting than most of what's coming out.

Good album. It would be great if the two longest songs were shorter.

B+