Recommend me some 2022 albums +1000th album halp

[rayword45]

Re: Recommend me some 2018 albums halp

all of those look like ffr profiles
also why'd you make a best of 2018 list and then put the most forgettable of 2018 instead

Fuk u the new earl was great

[rayword45]

Re: Recommend me some 2018 albums halp

Day 512: Lush by Snail Mail

This is not Mary Lynn Rajskub.

Why is this on every publication's year end list for 2018 I don't get it. This is perfectly average indie rock and the songs all sound the same to me. Also her vocal tics annoy me a bit though just barely.

Best Track: Pristine
Rating: 5/10

[PixlSM]

Re: Recommend me some 2018 albums halp

Fuk u the new earl was great

full disclosure i havent actually listened to Some Rap Songs yet

[rayword45]

Re: Recommend me some 2018 albums halp

full disclosure i havent actually listened to Some Rap Songs yet

theres a good chance the bottom 3 will leave the top 10 within the next few days

[rayword45]

Re: Recommend me some 2018 albums halp

Day 513: K.T.S.E by Teyana Taylor (Album Choice: mead1)

Pretty consistent album, with the only tracks I outright disliked being Rose In Harlem and the agitating closer WTP, and I liked some of the samples in the latter. Are there other Kanye projects to check out (also I barely noticed his verse lol)? I'm not listening to the white power aryan girl even if she denounced those fools.

Huh, it seems the tracks I disliked are people's favorites. Ah well.

Best Track: Hurry
Rating: 7.5/10

[rayword45]

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Day 514: Time by Louie Cole (Album Choice: Jonlovesddr)

1. The ratio of soft, dreamier songs to more upbeat tracks is WAY too high
2. This album is too long

Cut out about half of the slower tracks and this might make my top 10. The good tracks are bouncy good fun.

Best Track: Weird Part Of The Night
Rating: 7/10

[rayword45]

Re: Recommend me some 2018 albums halp

Day 515: Chapel Perilous by Gnod

I swear every newer noise rock album I've heard in recent years is trying to go for that crushing Swans style, which isn't a bad thing but where is my acidic Brainiac-esque noise? Where's the weirdness of Guerilla Toss (since they quit making noise) or the goofiness of Cows? Some variety goddamnit.

Anyways, the first track and last track on this album are fucking phenomenal. The other tracks are filler bullshit. Ho-hum but luckily they make up the majority of the album.

Best Track: Donovan's Daughters
Rating: 6/10 (this would be a 9/10 EP)

[rayword45]

Re: Recommend me some 2018 albums halp

Day 516: Sekundenschlaf by тпсб

Copying and pasting that title was a pain in the ass.

These first couple tracks match up with ubering in a highway tunnel at dusk really, really well.

Outside of that not, this isn't all that memorable even if a few tracks are pretty dope. I expect this will hold up well to repeat listens, at least, although two didn't make me notice anything significant.

Best Track: Walking Distances
Rating: 5.5/10

[rayword45]

Re: Recommend me some 2018 albums halp

Day 517: SHo͝oSH by RRUCCULLA

Trying more wonky
Thus far has not been all that
Rewarding for me

Best Track: Tea Gambler
Rating: 5/10

[rayword45]

Re: Recommend me some 2018 albums halp

Day 518: Loma by Loma

Atmosphere? Yes.
Hooks? No.
Good? Eh.

Best Track: Sundogs
Rating: 6.5/10

[rayword45]

Re: Recommend me some 2018 albums halp

Day 519: Hex Winter by Mechanical Museum

Nice and concise. This is probably my last review of 2018.

Best Track: too lazy
rating: 8/10

[rayword45]

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Day 520: The Sea by Somali Yacht Club (Album Choice: Shikari)

It's not that the vocals were bad, they were adequate, but I might actually have gotten more enjoyment out of this if it were fully instrumental. Also I'm starting to think the next good review will be 550. Or later. Or maybe never who gives a shit lol

Best Track: Hydrophobia
Rating: 7/10

[rayword45]

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Day 521: The Visitors by ABBA

I decided to listen to this randomly because

A. There was a random RYM thread about Dancing Queen which I unironically like even after being stuck hearing it every day I worked this summer.
2. I see this album on a lot of "most depressing albums ever" or "top heartbreak albums" lists

Aaaand... it's not that good. A few cuts are fairly sad, yeah, particularly during the second half of the original track listing, but this is mostly just the same brand of disco-pop from the few hits of theirs I've heard, except not nearly as catchy. Very meh on this.

Best Track: Should I Laugh Or Cry? or The Day Before You Came including bonus tracks
Rating: 4.5/10

[rayword45]

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Day 522: Outer Peace by Toro Y Moi

Reviewing an early leak! Is it unethical? Maybe. Do I care? Nah. Last time I reviewed one of this guy's releases was 2013, back during that initial review challenge... ima go look back at that real quick.

That was awful. And it was 2015 actually.

Some of these production choices are a bit questionable. The "ahh ahh ahh"s in Freelance or some of the sound effects in Who Am I are just plain goofy-sounding, and bring the songs down a bit although not to the point of unpleasantness. Also, the last two tracks are basically trap songs, or rather dude's attempt to mix his style with trap, and neither are good.

Considering how samey this genre often is, I applaud the dude's attempt at genre and mood blending but it led to a pretty frontloaded album overall.

Best Track: Laws Of The Universe
Rating: 6/10

[rayword45]

Re: Recommend me some 2018 albums halp

I got banned from rym fo making a white people joke lolololololollolooool