An Album a Day - 2022

This Is What It Feels Like
Gracie Abrams (2021) | Alternative / Pop

10 / 10

"screw it 5 / 5 imma shut up and listen. "

Camden is making me tear up, tear up bad. I'm really not writing down how beautiful this album is but Older? oh sigh, its like a melodic story, a very sad yet true story.
*Hard to Sleep hits close to home for me. Wow, Gracie Abrams and Sasha Sloan pretty much just tend to write down my journal entries huh. Word by Word. going right into my keep holding on playlist.
On Painkillers and I'm numb.

19 January 2022

i,i
Bon Iver (2019) | Alternative

10 / 10

"starting off the new year with this. kind of chaotic but then again, didnt Van Gogh's chaos start a whole new movement?"

1 January 2022

C
Car, the garden (2019) | Korean Alt Rock

10 / 10

"aaah Handhold is what happens when Jannabi and the Beatles come together and have a baby. Actually no this whole album is that baby."

A Kid from Bathroom makes me wonder why I never took up learning how to play bass guitar. this album is everything good in this world isnt it (listening to Dreamed a dream). Floating ft. youra okay I think I know what my next album listen is gonna be. gonna be trying to pick up a cover of The Time of Loss arent I, the chorus, it makes me sad, really does make one understand what's empty. (202) DEMO reminds me of this jazz soul band I once encountered I dont even remember the name of in a small cafe, makes me feel all tingly and while I cant quite get on with the raw vocals, it makes my toe all happy.
I'm gonna be listening to this album regularly uff.

6 February 2022

Broken Kaleidoscope
NIve (2021) | Korean Alt Rock / Indie

10 / 10

“This man knows no bounds when it comes to a genre for a feeling, it all meshes and blends more perfectly than one would imagine”

ESCAPE definitely giving off an Ed Sheeran acoustic vibe, nice. Very upbeat with its rock infusion, but that piano solo in between, hauntingly sad though.
The pain in those out of tune piano keys and his voice in __Maybe I Wanna Die__ , a beautiful ballad, questioning life without death may just not be possible? Powerful vocals, and a beautiful ensemble, closing off a title such as this with ”I just wanna live”, reminds me of the Midnight Library.
I’m Alive with an old school rock progression, contradicting the previous title, the will to stand through it all.
The steel drums in Perfect Dancer kind of hint at a very happy peppy upbeat song
And closing off this beautiful journey is everything and more than just a letter to the ones who love him, to the ones who stand by him, walk with him, cry with him. Beautiful single string, and perfect falsettos, a perfect bow.

23 January 2022

30
Adele (2021) | Soul Music / Jazz / Pop

10 / 10

“To take it all in, slowly, this album took 2 days. And as the album comes to an end, I cant help but quite figuratively feel the maturity and a sense of catharsis from it. From nothing but a human being’s perspective of what life truly is, of pockets of happiness and waves of crashing sadness, all packed in this just short of 2 minutes from an hour long album, an incredibly beautiful adventure she decides to take us all on. And the wait was worth every second.”

Aah yes the birth album of Easy On Me, and its been years since the last Adele drop. I’ve been wanting to do this since the day you came out. Strangers By Nature could might as well be a Disney soundtrack, extremely nostalgic of the 60s-70s disney orchestral compositions.__My Little Love __ sparks a beautiful narrative of literally a part of her life, a huge part of her life, in an almost gospel like soulful track. Wait wait Oh My God literally is everywhere on Instagram right now lmao, okay okay I can see why. Also anyone else see the vocal run right before the chorus kind of similar to say some old Bollywood song? Yes? No ?? Just me?? (wonders if was sampled or just inspired hmm)I Drink Wine kind of feels like something someone far more experienced in life would be telling you, with a glass of wine in their hands. And I am definitely listening. On Woman Like Me and I just released how much im enjoying this album, it speaks to the heart, to my ears and my soul. A voice like Adele’s, full of soul remitting giving in to a page from her diary. And to follow that with Hold On oh glory to this album.
lost sense of all time and space by the time I reached the ending of this nearly 7 minute ballad track called To Be Loved; wow talk about beauty in all forms.

2 January 2022

Breaking Barriers
Samuel ApaZozo (2021) | R&B Soul

10 / 10

"Samuel ApaZopo is hands down, an amazing musician , and producer who made me weep and listen and remember. Thats it."

I havent been able to form any sentences up until now as Silent City is playing, im actually so happy? Its the kind of music that itsnt incredibly perfect, but the kind that touches your soul and your heart in ways most perfect songs never can. And im in love and adoration . And warmth, and moving thorugh the album and onto Breaking Barriers as the perfect example of an outro, how you end an album.

2 May 2022

Talking To the Trees
Polar Lights (2016) | Indie Rock

10 / 10

— the whole album is a rock dream —

Pride and Blurry Vision umm what woah WHAT’s WITH THOSE GUITAR SKILLS with THOSE lyrics??Just realised that when the album is good, you either have rolls and rolls of things you want to wrote out, or you just forget to write anything yep.

13 July 2022

Adored Descent - EP
Arrowsmith (2022) | Instrumental

10 / 10

All of these tracks, you can hear the keys shift, that mechanical strain, and I wonder if it adds to the nostalgia for me.

6 April 2022

CO
O3ohn (2021) | R&B / Soul / Indie

10 / 10

This little EP swept by in a flash, I really wish there was a full length album :’) <3

26 April 2022

i hadn't ever loved myself
Axel Mansoor (2021) | Alternative Indie / Pop

9.5 / 10

"oh fuck."

18 April 2022

Dofon
Whale In The Pond (2020) | Alternative Indie / Folk

9.5 / 10

"Dofon, that high, and then ending with the sudden silent tone, deafening silence. fuck."

its so nice hearing a language my grandmother used to speak in, in the form of a song hehe. really liking the age old 80s vibes and the words omg the lyrics, they're about Silchar arent they, Silchar in the 60s, damn.
aaah wait The Night's End is so pretty! reminds me of a Coldplay song, cant put my finger on it but I'll update it here if I can figure it out. the flute backing in Where is your Heart?, wait, wonder what it would look like if you put it over the opening sequence of La La Land. wow, this album, its not just one genre they've mashed so many beautiful songs, Kite/Loon is crazy beautiful, and hauntingly sad. aksaksa Nova sounds so carnival cherry happy and yet its about the end of this stupid planet lmao, funny kids.

8 May 2022

THE ARTIST
40 (2020) | K Jazz / Indie

9.5 / 10

"aaah yes, finally an instrumental intro, jazzy lofi album yep."

Okay I dont know who this person is or how I stumbled on this album but holy shit those falsettos on Lonely Night might make me cry…..screw it im wailing like a dying whale rn. London is so freaking beautiful omg, can I marry this guy please and maybe I can sit and watch him make such pretty songs. Man this EP is way too small holy this dude can pull some amazingly beautiful falsettos I mean just listen to Rose Garden…. omg kill me kill me right now please…..(*dies cries head in hands) Probably gonna go do a lap of his album yep.

4 May 2022

The Show Must Go On
Yesterdrive (2019) | 70s 80s Post Punk / Alt Indie

9.5 / 10

“I wish I get to see them live someday and smile my heart out”

OK Hope so peppy and perfect for a morning happy no fucks be given mood. Actually no its, its the whole damn album. This whole album, all it does is remind me of the good old days. Oh n btw Control brought me here.

31 January 2022

Groove Merchant
John Eun (2019) | K Indie / Jazz / Folk

9.5 / 10

"this album is actually like a whole act in some old forgotten underground jazz club with those neon signs attracting moth flies, the buzzing and the trumpet playing at the back"

this dude makes some of the most beautiful compositions ever damn, I think Groove Merchant just took my breathe away. I take it back the whole damn album just took my breathe away. And just like that Far Away is now on my Jazz night elves playlist. Oh my Day End is so effing precious oh my heart my little fragile heart.

17 March 2022

Love Drunk - EP
Faime (2021) | Pop

9.5 / 10

25 January 2022

idealism
Colde (2021) | K R&B / Indie / Rock

9.5 / 10

“Tunnel - if everythinggoes from rm’s mono had a star track kid, this would would be it.”

Lighter with its lighter click beginning of those early 2000s punk rock bands yep; living fearlessly indeed loving this song, and that guitar solo oh for all that is holy. Wolf is so breezy and then there’s that oh so awwoooo-ooohh… damn…like a fiesta in the forest. Put Colde in with a bass guitar and watch him create magic, also the mv for Museum is actually really nice, like an art film! Dream is such a road trip / drive song yep yep! that chorus??? Pure harmony in this album. through drooping heads and crowded shadows, another mono-esque title is A Song Nobody Knows, to have this song on most days where you just want to fold into your own black hole ~sigh.And that ending with “너보다 따뜻한 건 내게는 없어….너만큼 날 비춰주는 것도 없어” translating loosely to “I don’t have anything warmer than you / There’s nothing that shines on me like you.” ….. and then just like the album started with a Lighter, you blow out the ever glowing hopeful Blue Candle. Absolutely, quite beautifully and aptly named “idealism”

20 March 2022

Esprit
Jiwoo (2021) | R&B , Soul, Jazz

9.5 / 10

“You know what imma shut up coz its like 11 pm and this is the perfect night time jazz playlist.”

Umm what the hell this is so effing good!??? Whats with Lustre oh so sultry… okay okay I get jiwoo’s deal yep make a soulful jazzy album and get us all riled up okay YO TF with that bass in Sky Green?? Dont wanna say it dont wanna say it but umm…. Inner Garden just reminded me of something and oh boy, its like the perfect make-out song…. And then you tie it all up in a perfect little bow with a song like Umbra.

30 May 2022

Home
92914 (2019) | R&B Soul

9.5 / 10

“man i love 92914; i mean LOOK at that beautiful album cover”

I think I just daydreamed myself in some scenic European vacay while playing Gustavo! right now. definitely putting the whole album on my lofi reading playlist. Wait Koh is from this album!!?? Please that and Okinawa are two of the first songs I had ever heard from 92914 and I fell in love with how minimal and natural they always sound! Someday is oh so pretty, Minji’s vocals, minimal instruments, and children playing in the back…~bliss <3

3 January 2022

minisode 2 : Thursday's Child
TOMORROW X TOGETHER (2022) | K Rock / Pop

9.5 / 10

"not even gonna talk about how much im ahem, into the Good Boys Gone Bad mv and song"

Opening sequence is probably my favorite, I love how their voices compliment each other oh so beautifully, its an actual musical symbiosis.
Trust Fund Baby is a beautiful composition, I wont lie, and the lyrics? Oh this is definitely a dark EP, I love the lyricism play with previous songs.
wow, they really are good with wordplays.
Thursday’s Child Has Far To Go makes me feel so hopeful even though its a breakup song! Its a gorgeous song, peppy, upbeat synths and a beautiful message, the TXT guys are really really doing well considering how many years they’ve been on the scene.

9 May 2022

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
Kendrick Lamar (2022) | Hip-Hop, Rap, Soul

9.5 / 10

"Its his imperfections he talks about, in this unruly perfectionist world."

Well, there’s a reason why kendrick Lamar is a legend.
Worldwide Steppers with its somewhat messy lesson of how everyone out there is playing it safe, for fear of today’s cancel culture.
Die Hard has an absolutely beautiful melody I wont lie. Its those strings and cascading piano notes and, I dont know, Lamar is just an impossibly good musician - Father Time and then you add Eckhart Toole and, this isnt just a rap song, its education.
And of course there’s an interlude blending into Rich Spirit.Okay I’ll be honest, before even touching the album, I jumped in to listen to a song everyone was talking about within an hour of its release - __Auntie Diaries __ - first time I heard it I teared up, I’ll say nothing else, just that, I cried. This is why he has a Pulitzer. Listening to Mother I Sober and I cant, this is sad; and I cant stop crying.
I loved so many out of this album, but writing about it got harder and harder, and you just have to sit and listen to it, and even then it wont scratch the surface of this book of tales.

This whole album, sounds a little bit more messy, more like a bundle of diary entries from the book of hidden darkness. Its like he’s standing in front of a mirror pulling out a chapter and trying to find the roots of his inner anguish, and no amount of retail therapy quite helps him achieve it. He has chapters on realisations and affirmations and then he slows down when he feels its time to heal. And he knows, he absolutely knows that this is gonna outrage a few, some might actually listen, some are gonna, again, cancel him out like last week’s open bottle of milk, and he makes a full circle.

13 May 2022

Underwater
Ludovico Einaudi (2022) | Classical

9.5 / 10

Flora - absolutely majestic and most definitely my favourite.Swordfish has this beautiful melody to it, sudden quick but beautiful.And then the progressions of Wind Song really does feel like a gush of air, slow at times, an the rest on the verge of a tempest.Atoms, like its title, for me it tells a tale, of a moment, a memory, slowly building bit by bit, like atoms - the building blocks of life.

5 February 2022

Little Planets
Monogram (2018) | R&B / Soul

9.5 / 10

“Wow this seems like a magical peppy little album about the cosmos and beyond”

umm okay okay Dream Attic actually feels like a dreamscape orchestra inside a tiny little attic. Oh its about a fairy tale dream waking up to the reality of, well, every day life :( such a nice song oh. __Space Travel __ sounds exactly as it is, heavy with the synth, a tale about the universe, of love across the galaxy, beautiful to listen to with the windows rolled right down while the suns sets in on your dashboard’s horizon. Little Girl is what brought me here, its hauntingly beautiful, imagining how someone can make those notes a melody thats sad and hopeful at the same time. Just, listen to those keys, those progressions. For You is such a nice little jazzy little piece, very uplifting.This was a beautiful album to experience.

29 March 2022

cold / mess
Prateek Kuhad (2020) | Indie / Alternative

9.5 / 10

"Im guessing the whole album can be added to my “need to cover on guitar” list huh."

with you/for you is stupid pretty. fighter really does sound like a nice up the battle-hill tune. 100 words is just, it makes me smile a ridiculous smile. As im listening to it, flashes of This is Us is fleeting by me, its so bittersweet.- i got carried away and jotted down nothing basically its just a pretty album

30 January 2022

Devi Deuta
Tribal Rain Sikkim (2021) | New Age / Indian Indie

9.5 / 10

"my second Jiwoo album and lord does this dude have an amazing repertoire"

Okay I need to find out how different they are from tribal rain because ei was completely in love with them. Im guessing its the new page since their lead vocalist passed away.— Even though their previous album Roka Yo Samay will forever remain one of my favi=orite albums of all time, I couldnt write anything for this one; you see all I could think about was Aditya, and I got completely lost in listening to this album—

8 January 2022

Maison
Jiwoo (2019) | R&B / Soul / Jazz

9.5 / 10

"my second Jiwoo album and lord does this dude have an amazing repertoire"

Greed - for the life of me I cant figure out where ive heard this before, he truly does have a beautiful voice for jazz songs.Comme des Garçons is umm, wow why is this so short. Its like someone took a jazz jam session, a rap session and layered it with a chunk of bass beats and snaresSapphire Blue is a mad jazz collab, its actually a jam session, and those vocal runs?? Very rarely does one get vocal runs in jazz pieces. Woah never thought I’d appreciate pipe organs.Aston Is now a ballad piece right after two jazz jam sessions? jiwoo is really versatile, oh so pretty! Reminds me of van Gogh’s cafe in arles paintingLimbo - actually feels like you’re in a limbo, nice jazzy cello picking.Whatever - of course there’s marching band drums in a jiwoo track.

28 May 2022

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HYUKOH (2017) | Rock / Alternative

9.5 / 10

“The whole album has this existentialism vibe to it, be it on musicality or sharp lyrics, experiencing this album was like a dagger through and through my heart but im standing there intentionally wanting for more”

TOMBOY was the first hyukoh song I heard like 2 years ago, and ive been hooked to them ever since. A perfect bland of soft rock and beautiufl lyrics personifying the growing pains of leaving back a young us and becoming an adult every day.The outro - “The young us, we cant see our tree rings, our eyes getting blind by the bright lights” oh, heart ache indeed.2002WorldCup what a funky little fast rock piece, riddled with these pretty funny things pubescent teens are busy going about, just look at the lyrics we’ve all been there in our messy beautiful selves :’). Jesus lived in a motel room a small percept from a child’s poe, begging to find the gates to heaven knowing very well that hell might be on the other side.”my mama always told me,
don’t waste a minute
Nirvana as how it is”Wanli sounds like something that came straight out of an MCR album. WIAT ITS CHINESE ITS NOT KOREAN HELLO!??!!?? - its almost, almost chant before storming off to a war like damn- . Die alone damn talk about grunge and existentialism portrayed through a 4 minutes 57 seconds song, damn.Simon oh that is one FINE refrain. Paul - Soft rock, a hauntingly beautiful song about life, and living by one day at a time. Hahaha dont be fooled by the upbeat surfy tone of Surf boy it definitely isn’t a happy song lol.

9 January 2022

Nonadaptation 비적응
SE SO NEON (2020) | K - Rock / Alternative

9.5 / 10

"So!YoON! (Hang So Yoon) has this distinct voice, anybody could spot it from miles away just by one listen."

Wow the whole album is so structurally unsound that im in love with it. Just listen to Midnight Train and it’ll remind you why you got into the rock genre and all of its children.Here’s the thing SE SO NEON is all of your rock attributes clubbed into one. You can get Pink Floyd, Beatles and Nirvana all in the same track. Just listen to Go Back. Yo this band is SO COOL, mad mad mad guitar skills just listening to E (이)

30 March 2022

Awake / Asleep
Sleeping At Last (2022) | Alternative Indie

9.5 / 10

11 June 2022

how can i pretend?
Wasia Project (2022) | Alternative Indie

9.5 / 10

So here’s the weird thing, im listening to why dont u love me? and there’s this faint rain sound in one of the layers, and as I looked up, it was raining outside my window too. ur so pretty, I dont know, this album is just, it weirdly touches the heart. Its not technically perfect. But listening to it gives me nothing but bliss. Even if its just for 11 minutes. Just listen to impossible, like who even saw that snare and cymbal coming in??

18 May 2022

The New Four Seasons - Vivaldi Recomposed
Max Richter . Chineke! Orchestra . Elena Urioste (2022) | Classical

9.5 / 10

The layers sound separate and far more desperate than his previous recomposition, especially felt it in Summer 1. Autumn 3 ’s composition seems , its hauntingly beautiful, unabashedly brand new and yet nostalgic. My favorite I suppose.I do feel this recompostion was very much far more heavier, layered and dramatic than Richter's previous recomposition. Its a half and half for me since I did enjoy this somewhat new experience, no matter how subtle it was

18 June 2022

Suna
John Eun (2022) | K - Indie / Rock / Alternative / Folk

9.5 / 10

“I love the folk decadence of this mostly jazz artist. I just felt this immense warmth.”

That’s What I Was Yesterday is a morose yet hauntingly beautiful little Robert Frost poem, dramatic with ad-libs and drums and the ever so pinning guitar string throughout this one track. The lyrics are beautiful.As I’m listening to Doppelganger all I can think about John’s penmanship. Its like John channelled his inner bon iver for Vagabond
== im just a someone that is no one like you==Eyes - oh my heart that is such a pretty little melody, hauntingly pretty.

24 July 2022

Moodswings In This Order
DPR IAN (2022) | Alternative / Indie / Rock / Hip - Hop / Rap

9.5 / 10

"The first time I heard Seraph I broke down in tears. And as I listen to this album again, stretching it over to the second day, I still have tears in my eyes.

Even before when the album tracklist came out I knew Seraph would quickly become a favourite, and so would this album. Elements of Buddhist chants, heavy bass, symphonies and a distorted voice narrates a hauntingly beautiful story.That. Very smart wordplay in MOOD with 눈 that translates to eyes in Korean heheh, smart guy. And having this really smart narrative with Ian and MITO, its the perfect blend of personas. And from there on to Miss Understood, another very very smart wordplay. And the voice distortion really does play up with the mirage of a ton of other vocals sliced in. Oh that is a gorgeous outro.Damn there goes another gorgeous outro on Winterfall , and a long one at that. Mr. Insanity really does sound like a disillusioned insanity thats present inside all of us at times.Aaah the ever so cinematic Ballroom Extravaganza, an mv thats makes you wannt to get up, sway in your own drudgery and find the missing light you ever so freely came to have known be present and lost at the same time. Listening to this all I can picture is paint strewn on your messy little hands, the dirt and paint underneath your nails drawing out an imperfectly perfect little painting on your canvas called life. Philosophically dramatic and Dramatically philosophical isnt it?Sometimes I’m is a perfect way to end this you and me story of two personas.

30 July 2022

Little Kid, Big Dreams
Ahmer, Sez on thr Beat (2019) | Hip - Hop

9 / 10

24 March 2022

Harry Styles
Harry Styles (2017) | Soft Rock / Britpop / Pop Rock

9 / 10

"its like Queen, Bowie, Elton John, Wolfmother, Bon Iver, oh they all just meshed together into this beautiful cacophony of bliss."

Sign of the Times brought me here. Meet me in the Hallway hmm he really did grow up with Pink Floyd and the Beatles didn't he. okay I need for more people to get rid of their bias and actually listen to this album, especially brit pop fans. Only Angel is beautiful, oh so beautiful <3. I love how the whole album is like this story book, and Ever Since New York has started to dread down the story a bit, mellow yet dramatic. this is beautiful story telling indeed. Of course you'd end the story book with a base chord filled Bon Iver-ish swayful work of art.

2 April 2022

Timeless Youth
Telltale (2019) | Pop Punk

9 / 10

“thats what i've always loved about pop punk bands, those heartbroken, frustratingly beautiful lyrics”

Okay extremely perfect Title track yep, heavily catch-phrased throughout. Those guitar glissandos on Bouquet, and that melody, if im not wrong it was there in Lovato’s Heartbreak too??? But this one?? Spellbound, I am. I love how all the songs on these albums have some of the best intros ive heard in a long time, both lyrically and melody-wise. I mean listen to that that pre chorus on What We Live For?? Okay cmon not fair even Letting Go has this beautiful melody!?? Just remembered that Rose brought me here :’) totally forgot it was from this album, an absolute favourite of mine ugh. Hereditary may just be one of those songs where you can walk right into it, picture it all and break down right there halfway, and never look back or even think of coming out of.

20 January 2022

21' Archive
Aleph (2022) | K Indie

9 / 10

“this whole album is like an archive of old love songs, happy and sad and chaotic and in a mess at places; like when you’re in love”

huge fan of his Forest of Tigers EP, brought me here.Goodbye blue days reminds me of the good old days a lot, those 90s/ early 00s love ballad productions. The soft mellow acoustics with those breathy vocals on Instant Lover, a perfect sad ‘breakup before getting back together’ song? Can actually feel the sadness in that voice. Spilled Memories is actually a small tiny journal entry spilled over a beautiful ballad, and his little vocalisation with the ‘ooohh’, beautiful. Aah that gorgeous gorgeous position change at exactly 1:07 on Like No Other, absolutely beautiful technique. oh wow I didnt know he kept his Hope single in this album, absolutely gorgeous song; I think Joon recommended this song, or was it Hobi. tbh this whole albums actually seems more of a mixtape you’d make for a loved one, rummaging through your archive… its just so pretty.Just added to Downhill Love to my driving playlist and I just know its gonna be perfect. Yep Night Night lives up to its title yep, do you hear those harmonies meshed with those bass notes?? And then ending it with a lofi Crescent Moon, can almost hear the out of pitch keys, beautiful for a rainy day song. Just bumped up a decimal point just because of this song, gorgeous production.

16 January 2022

Mary
King Pari (2021) | Alternative

9 / 10

haha already loving this album. aah such a nice album, very much grooving to Ya'llright? right now, man can these two make GOOD music damn. on Snowday and boy is this album just a nice blend.

14 April 2022

Total Dust
Dusted (2012) | Alternative Indie, Rock

9 / 10

"Bruises was playing on Demolition, its now an eargasm after Disintegrated by The Cure; brought me here”

Cut Them Free makes me sad, too sad. But then again Low Humming makes me smile,
I feel like after this, and after. Bruises plays, it gets more mellow, more soulful, the second half of the story seems more, chaos but in a neat way. Pale Light starts to reel it into that phase. Very good. Property Lines gets you all pumped up, ready to explode at any given time. I love how this whole album is like mellow vocals, minimal instruments, mad guitar skills and just a whole lot of emotions and soul. Dusted has one of the most gorgeous whammy like vocals accompanying those tremolos ever. In love with the second half, its one of those albums you listen to lying on the beach at night, sound of the waves crashing in echoing over the song, true magic in making. Adding in those wind sounds in Centuries of Sleep closed the book....docking a point just coz the first half didnt quite do it for me.

12 February 2022

Twelve Carat Toothache (Deluxe)
Post Malone (2022) | Hip - Hop, Rap

9 / 10

Reputation - what is it with that beautiful melody, those piano notes and that synth in the background, oh wow. There really is a lot of pain in this one. Lemon Tree oh? This sounds so good? Even the lyrics?? Ohhh okay if life gives you lemons damn - ”cutting down the lemon tree and growing something better “okay okay I hear ya. Wrapped Around Your Finger goes side by side with Circles as a drive song yep yep
-- cant find a single skip damn --
I Cannot Be (A Sadder Song) has a kind of Ghibli piano melody at the end if you listen to it carefully. Wasting Angels , When I’m Alone - I likeIts called Euthanasia but then it sounds like a submarine, like going deep deep deep down? Kind of genius ngl. Waiting For A MIracle - what in the world is this pretty little thing damn its sad. One Right Now - okay my driving playlist is gonna be all Post Malone at this rate. Goddamnit why does he make good melodies tf (about New Recording 12, Jan 3, 2020.okay wtf is up with the strings on Hateful.. DAMN!!??

3 June 2022

Schadenfreude
Aleph (2022) | Alternative K - Rock , R&B / Soul

9 / 10

This pretty little album starts off with Pieces of Youth, a dramatic, beautiful, haunting portrayal of existentialism in a nutshell. Progressing on to Schadenfreude , trans : (no one wants you) / kind of thinking about how its so different from the Korean title of “아무도 그대를 바라지 않는” which directly translates to “No one wants you”. It starts off with such a happy little string but then with an mv that shatters a human heart, I dont know what to feel. Oh its purposefully meant to sound, well, upbeat, but boy is this a sad sad song.그렇게 모두가 조금씩 / little by little : thinking about the getting started is half the battle; it means we've arrived at the parting half line pushed in between there, good lord these songs sound upbeat but this album is a book of reflections. Freedom / 자유 is another one with a painful mv, damnit. even if there is sadness in the evening, in the morning, we dance to freedom.Farewell messages or its korean title 지나간 날들, 애써 웃음 지은 directly translates to “I tried to smile in the past days” - and it really feels like memories of days gone by. Musically speaking it feels like jannabi meets the Beatles.

27 May 2022

I Blame the World
Sasha Alex Sloan (2022) | Alternative Indie / Pop

9 / 10

“It took Sasha exactly 45 seconds to make me cry and realise how depressed some of us really can be; no matter how much we try not to”

Adult is like my story is like your story goodness gracious this is way too real, its basically everyone's story. I felt it in my soul when she said “I dont wanna Live Laugh Love; damn. man way too damn good of a poet damn.
Thank You is pretty much a letter to everyone that makes us smile even if its just for 5 seconds; ”you stitch me up when you could walk away” the number of times ive wanted to tell this to you all.New Normal reminds me of 8 years ago, god was it hard. Still is sometimes.….and just like that Global Warming (the song!) just made me smile right now as my mind started drifting back to my past. No regrets but it makes me feel incredibly fortunate to have experienced what I did in those short few years. Please why is __ I h8 Myself__ everything that goes on in my head, see thats the thing about Sasha, its not just about the music, its the rawness in the words, all tangled in, in a very messy but tangible way.

14 May 2022

To Let A Good Thing Die
Bruno Major (2020) | Alternative / Indie

9 / 10

“Its one of those albums you just let play in the background and smile at the subtle memories”

Nothing brought me here.Okay Tapestry has some beautiful hidden connotations. god the lyrics? listening to I’ll Sleep When I’m Older and im in awe, so much I cant even choose a favorite line dear me.
To Let a Good Thing Die makes my heart hurt.

19 June 2022

underground EP
basecamp (2022) | K - R&B / Soul

9 / 10

"I was so happy jumping into this one, a bunch of favorites as feats and then a debut album so yay"

Alien ft. Kim Daniel- a low groove slow smooth soul song about just as general little life. Forest ft. THAMA another groovy little song, love this debut album. Verse 3 reminds me of those old mixtapes rappers would make once upon a time.Wandering ft. george was released earlier as a single, and it makes me realise how this whole album is like a little jam session but way way prettier. HOW TO STAY ft. Dvwn aah a Dvwn feature! Such a pretty song.
Very soft rock vibes in this one~

22 June 2022

Superache
Conan Gray (2022) | Alternative Rock / Punk Pop / Indie

9 / 10

“conan gray does adds these subtle tonalities and techniques in those vocals and well, makes me mush”

Movies - just a beautifully dramatic beginning to the album. People Watching if this isnt what most of us do. Disaster is more of a fast paced dance/ electronic rock piece that kind of perfectly works for a drive song. Astronomy then again is, well yes the beautiful little piece that is this song, conan gray is a poet indeed. Yours - Is hauntingly, sad and beautiful.
Jigsaw has this weird creaking in between and symbolically its absolutely genius, coz creaks happen when something isnt quite “fitting in”, isnt it?? Gives me major punk vibes. Mad guitar riff at the end there damn. Family Line of confessions, deep dark confessions towards your own blood, and its sad how so many of us have them. Footnote is oh such a pretty little sad one sided love story. Aptly named a footnote.Memories reminds me of Elton John and bowie with those soft rock letters. The Exit has those violin staccatos, and it already has me invested in this track. And then there’s a ton of punk elements to this album, really loved the whole thing.

25 June 2022

rapunzel
dhruv (2022) | Alternative Indie / Pop / R&B , Soul

9 / 10

“the way ive fallen in love with the lofi genre in the past few years, and then added to that are beautifully carved letters from your soul, makes up for an easy and pleasant listen indeed. With tracks like vulnerable that seems like an extremely closely held love letter, or with stable life reminding one of Troye Sivan’s "fools", or the oh so heartbreaking grateful.

22 January 2022

MOONCHILD
NIKI (2020) | R&B , Soul / Alternative / Indie

9 / 10

Damn, thats one way to start an album with a track like __ Wide Open (Foreword)__. Theres definitely a ton of genres blending in, beautiful.I feel like a lot of the intro, the interludes, they feel very much inspired from the heavy bass breathy power vocals similar to Billie Eilish, but NIKI does it in a way that kind of feels very different? Maybe its the powerful rap with the vocal harmonies in the back? Like for example, on Tide, once the track is coming to its finish, there’s this reverb of memories flooding in with conversations of loved ones, and it makes it so personal to the artist.— and between all of that, there’s a gorgeously haunting power ballad like Lose, wow —Drive On is a perfect way to end this album, absolutely perfect.

1 April 2022

The Last Thing Left
Say Sue Me (2022) | Indie Rock

9 / 10

“— so I heard about their friend and drummer Sang Semin and how this album is a close home hit to, well, his memories and coming to terms with everything. Listening to The Memory of the Time, and I can understand how fast this album is gonna become one of my favourites.”

Still Here has one of the most softest prettiest guitar riffs ive ever heard followed by an incredibly impressive mixed harmonised outro.Musicality wise, I’d peg them for something thats an amalgamation of the smiths, Beatles (check other indie rock groups)No Real Place To Go is hands down my favorite song from them, and well one of my overall favourites. Just look at the lyrics with that myriad of power instrumentation. Okay heading on to of their most loved and popular tracks from this album called To Dream, and right off the bat thats a gorgeous piece of intro right there, — (pulls up translations) — ”I dont know what kind of bloom in the tree will come back”, damn.That spatial riff effect on Photo of You is absolutely breathtaking, and yet leads to a very heartfelt letter to someone being missed overly and staying in denial, finding ways to accept a change. The Last Thing Left is, well in a nutshell, everything we go through in our twenties and sometimes in our thirties, in many cases, throughout life. Trying to figure out what even our purpose is in life. The troubles of living everyday life, the worries the trials and errors, yet, trying to figure outa and hoping to find the last thing left in me, till we have nothing to give now in this relationship of love, be it with someone else, or with you. Beautiful isnt it??Oh how they toned down the “everything” with Now I say, an acoustic poem to oneself. oh ~( listening to this, kind of feels sad how when we’re kids we say “oh I cant wait to grow up and be ME” and then we do, we do grow up to be “ME”, and we dont like them, we’re sad to be anywhere near them, and for that im sorry, im sorry to the one who wanted to grow up and be me, because ive been unkind, and im sorry I couldnt let you be the best version of “ME”, but im trying every day little me, and im hoping you would forgive me.

15 May 2022

The Outsider EP
Lyn Lapid (2022) | Pop Rock

9 / 10

Pager wow okay love this song’s production wow, thats a lot of wonderful layering and blending.— Very upbeat album —Off Day is such a fresh breath of newness isnt it? Gives me a little bit of Sasha Sloan vibes. I can gather why I Guess That Was Goodbye has so been streamed so many times, and I totally agree.

16 April 2022

Pages of my Memory
Curtains (2022) | Indie Rock

9 / 10

“I like how imperfect this is”

Idk in between the out of tune singing, and the beautiful production, this album is actually really really interesting”Page II reminds me of how good lyrics, and good production can go so much more than just a perfectly tuned song. I love how indian artists are beautifully inculcating the concept of intros and outs in their albums, just enhances the whole listening experience so so much more!

12 March 2022

Love Letters P. S. (Deluxe)
Anoushka Shankar (2021) | Alternative Indie

9 / 10

While the second half of the album is what actually caught my attention out of the blue, but damn talk about Sister Suannah. Wow didnt know I'd find Ibeyi here too.

21 June 2022

Comedians on Drugs
Avora Records (2020) | Rock

9 / 10

Imperfections has such a beautiful intro, weirdly enough, its perfectly imperfectly perfect. Wow, I can line up Millenials from here with Samuel ApaZozo’s Millenials with its different tonalities, genres and lyrics, and they’d still be perfect together.
Damn Borders might just become a favorite, its absolutely beautiful!!??

12 June 2022

MANIFESTO : DAY 1
ENHYPEN (2022) | K - Pop / Rock

9 / 10

I love the concept of narrations and story - telling thast ENHYPEN has inculcated in their albums, all of their albums starts off with an intro (WALK THE LINE) and usually in three languages, and I kind of really find that interesting. TFW - aah such a happy song with such a pretty melody (*flies away). SHOUT OUT is a perfect harmonious punk rock trap aah these kids really are blending genres! … and that bridge!??Aah yes the wonderful outro with Foreshadow, and that really high bass upbeat chorus, yep, really enjoyed this album. Wonderful blend of everything, these kids are really really talented I wont lie. While iw aunt a fan of the mv for one of their title tracks, the choreography did make me watch it atleast a couple of times.

4 July 2022

Racine carrée
Stromae (2013) | French Pop

9 / 10

“oh this man is a genius poet”

Listening to Papaoutai and im guessing the whole album is gonna be personal letters but, in dance music :’)Looking up the lyrics of bâtard and dear good lord I get it now, this is the song of the revolution isnt it. Okay wow screw that im not a fan of the dance genre but damn the lyrics to Tpous les mêmes!?? Ummheloo!???Formidable’s lyricism and word play is one of the best things ive seen in a long time, damn, I think I finally understand why people have been telling me to listen to Stromae. Just listening to his voice breaking in the last verse followed by laughter ending with tears, damn, one can feel the pain even in an inebriated state. I honestly dont know if I should feel hungry or aroused while listening to moules frites…. (Okay just finished it and yep im pretty sure Paolo got an std and died yikes)If we set aside the lyrics for carmen for a second, it is the most fence song ive ever heard :’)Oh the genius hidden ironies of humain à l’eau oh this man is a genius poet. I mean who wouldve even thought of comparing cancer to a serial rapist (quand chest?)Aah yes what a way to end the album with a strong rebel song like avf

5 January 2022

Stories from the Sky
Sid Acharya (2020) | New Age

9 / 10

"talk about exquisite compositions"

10 February 2022

Jannabi’s small pieces ll : GRIPPIN’THEGREEN
Jannabi (2022) | K - Indie / Alternative Rock / Folk

9 / 10

“Jannabi’s LADYBIRD and The Beatles’ Blackbird sit on the same little branch dont they”

On summerfallwinterspring and I just realised how every Jannabi song has the ability to transport my soul to some other dimension, where its just always a land of green Ghibliesque fantasy of bliss., okay im not making sense am I haha , they just make me so damn clam and happy.

11 May 2022

Manneskja
Of Monstsers and of Men (2022) | Alternative Indie / Pop

9 / 10

A compilation album, so pretty sure we’re gonna find some previously loved tracks here.Little Talks - aah yes the soundtrack to pretty much everything out there, for a while now, heard it the first time around 2012/2013?Destroyer has one of the most ambitiously dramatic orchestration and lyricism, and I loved every bit of it. Actually its the whole album, I wont lie. Its hauntingly beautiful, and powerful.

19 May 2022

Dinner Party: Dessert
Terrace Martin . Robert Glasper . 9th Wonder (2020) | R&B / Soul

9 / 10

Im so happy joon was listening to this. Its like, if jazz met rnb, omg its rnb jazz!First Responders - okay that is one very very soul soothing fine track. The Mighty Tree with that piano melody right there at the end made me loop this track more than once. Same with Freeze Tag.There’s a certain flow to the tracks in this album, sometimes is no tide, smooth sailing, and then suddenly it stops faster than it fades, and then there’s a tide again. Structurally unsound yet perfect?

25 July 2022

WHEE
Whee In (2022) | K - R&B / Soul

9 / 10

I was a HUGE fan of her Redd EP, been looking forward to this one too.The opening notes of Make Me Happy reminds me of Epik High’s Sleepless In. If I havent said it before, here’s me saying it again - the mama moo ladies are gorgeously talented. Pink Cloud has such a beautiful melody. Oh hello thats a cool little interlude with Deserve.Aah yes Pastel I love love LOVED when this track started making round son twitter. Its just got a funky little beat, very heavy production in between, but all so cool.

8 February 2022

The Gods We Can Touch
AURORA (2022) | Electropop Folk -Pop, Art Pop, Folk Synth - Pop

9 / 10

“A very wholesome album, loved the second part so so much”

Oh The Forbidden Fruits of Eden is a hauntingly beautiful track. You Keep Me Crawling’s melody is uncannily similar to an old Bollywood track that I just can rememebr of right now. Especially that vocal run. Exist For Love has such a pretty little track, beautiful melody, wholesome indeed.— I feel like the second half of the album really does pick up, be it variety, musicality or production —I mean listen to how the production picks up so uniformly in Heathens. Exhale and Inhale on the other hand makes me feel like I never knew music like this existed. And then again A Dangerous Thing makes me wonder what a Halsey and Aurora collab would sound like. Blood In The Wine has some heavy fantasy lyrics, - ”there’s beauty in your beast”— yep the second half of the album is worth a whole point more than what I had thought of, just listening to This Could Be A Dream and I cant believe how beautiful it is.Its something between a Coldplay production and a Bon Iver song.—

27 March 2022

Fighting EP
Rolling Quartz (2022) | K - Rock / Metal

9 / 10

I mean its an all girl rock band yes I love them. Just listen to that gorgeous guitar battle right before the bridge in Delight CMON!? That guitar solo and drum solo in Holler and pretty much every thing solo is on every damn song I LOVE THIS GROUP ALREADYOle they’ve got a soft little acoustic track called Good Night— wait nope nevermind lmao.

11 February 2022

Dawn FM
The Weeknd (2022) | R&B / Soul / Electronic

9 / 10

“The good lord gave Abel a synthesiser and a set of falsettos and he became a genius”

I love how a Tale by Quincy bled perfectly into the grooves that Out of Time made. Damn I’m probably gonna listen to this album the whole year huh. I really do think After Hours would always be one step superior for me.consider the flowers, they dont try to look right, they just open their petals and turn to the light

17 January 2022

f.e.a.r.
Stand Atlantic (2022) | Alternative Metal / Pop / Punk

9 / 10

Its a pop punk album ofcourse imma rate it good.

26 May 2022

JOURNEY
Henry (2020) | K Hip-Hop / Rap / Pop

8.5 / 10

Radio is nice. umm hello Henry and ph-1 mmkaay mmmkay I hear ya loud and clear. aah already loving RIGHT NOW, really love Henry's songs ugh. gonna go put JUST BE ME on my driving playlist. hehe *1, 2, 3 loop it?? * already loving COME OVER so many amazing names on this! pls i can hear Jessi screaming at the back hehe its like a diary entry. also nice song for my limited Korean vocabulary hehe easy common words. also umm wow with the piano back there and is jessi whining "oppa" in the back :') pls this lady is crazy <3

27 January 2022

530
Dandelion (2020) | K Rock / Indie

8.5 / 10

"would love to play 5:30am on an early morning drive, perfect pick-me-up song."

Paradise is such a dreamy song, nice glissando at the end. umm Lucien Carr is such a brit indie rock song, dude nice guitar pulls. oh wow this SUPER 8 and Childhood's End blending in so friggin smooth oh oh dear damn. okay Sweat Dream?? yeah yeah im in love with this album.

21 January 2022

There And Back Again
Eric Nam (2022) | K-R&B / Soul / Pop

8.5 / 10

"Wildfire has been a daily loop, and the live version? oh for all that is holy."

I've got no favorites here the whole album I love and will repeat.

7 January 2022

GABRIEL
keshi (2022) | lofi, Rap, Pop

8.5 / 10

SOMEBODY aah yes the keshi I love, beautiful melody.WESTSIDE : That is such a gorgeous string compositionAnd then TOUCH with that piano composition, keshi reallyiq a good producer. Its all the same genre, but then there’s a kind of familiar warmth in his creations, just sounds nice. And ending with those muted strumming progression okay, damn that is new and nicePERE: umm hello that French interlude helloSee this album has no skips, maybe there’s not much to it on a deeper level, but keshi songs are like “play in the background on off days, just makes you sway and you dont have to think or worry much”….and as im typing this ANGOSTURA is playing and well thats what brought me to this album you see. I love that song.Is it just me or do second halves of albums just drastically change for the better even if its mellower? we all kind of already know about his production abilities, but UNDERSTAND really does bring out the brilliance in his voice and well, his vocal techniques meshed with a beautiful orchestral production.Of course LIMBO had to be a pretty little acoustic piece with heavy vocals, a ton of falsettos, pianos, a finger plucking guitar and yes the violin strings have entered the chat - wait there’s the bass beats right now with the snares yep, and that adorable signature keshi Voiceover, ughANGEL - makes me think how his songs do not end the way they start. Like this one is all piano, vocals, almost ballad like with beautiufl lyrics and then an electric guitar enters, along with a bass guitar, very mellow chords, and yes the tempo goes up, the snares come out the drum kits are out and it is now, a slow rock piece.Ending it off with a strong blade like GABRIEL . The piano progression reminds me of Hwasa’s LMM. And he does this thing with his goal runs, I dont know what its called, but its gorgeous., absolutely gorgeous.

26 March 2022

CRUSHER
Jeremy Zucker (2021) | Alternative Indie, Pop

8.5 / 10

“the whole album is a drive playlist. damn this whole album makes me want to cry in a good way.”

i-70 - literally gives off a nice summer vibe, a really nice bass guitar riff, perfect long drive song. Its like summer breakCry with you just so soft.when i’m around is so sad, that guitar riff is beautiful , nd then there’s a sudden burst of production right in between of this acoustic piece.HONEST and 18 sound like pop punk osongs!??? Umm how I didnt know Jeremy wa doing this genre IM LOVING THIS KIND OD TEXTURED VOICE ON POP PUNK SONGS HELLO!!Sociopath is a gorgeous collab no doubt. Just absolutely gorgeous ad-libs
These two producers really do go well together, loving the lyrics in this one.No one hate you (like i do) has such a beautiful melody, sad, melodramatic, but gorgeous.

25 April 2022

All Talk!
Tim Atlas (2018) | Alternative Indie

8.5 / 10

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3 February 2022

FROM : X
1415 (2018) | K - Rock / Alternative

8.5 / 10

I Call You is oh so pretty , right there before the outro, oh clenches heart, even the outro, so dramatic, so beautiful. Listening to When It Snows , and dont know how but this brought me to this album, and it is one absolutely mind numbingly stupidly gorgeous song.You and I well, not to be dramatic but I wanna die

8 April 2022

Teatro d'ira - Vol. I
Måneskin (2021) | Rock / Alternative

8.5 / 10

Zitti e buoni that bridge woof. These guys are actually really good musicians. CORALINE has a nice little melody going there, simple little song. Gets way way dark by the second verse damn, not a happy little love letter is it huh. By the putro this got sad. Gosh they're amazing lyricists too. LIVIDI SUI GOMITI starts off as a Metallica track mmkay lets go, -wait THEY RAP TOO!? - oh this is diss track huhu fun fun.I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE was the second song ive heard of them after begging cover I think. IN NOME DEL PADRE - mad guitar riff gotta say-nel nome del padre, del figlio e dello spirito santo, in nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti-FOR YOUR LOVE Umm that drum and guitar and bass solo right there in between? Damn. VENT’ANNI - " but the road is tougher when you’re aiming for the sky, so choose the things that are really important... choose love or diamonds, Demons or saints ".Hauntingly beautiful, absolutely gorgeous, the song the lyrics, I loved it, and there’s this nice pauses in between verses to show sincerity all through, loved it.

23 April 2022

weird!
YUNGBLUD (2020) | Punk / Alternative

8.5 / 10

teresa - off the bat im already loving this album. parents has kind of a reggae beginning to it haha? Yeah the rebellious teen kind of pop punk yep, high hopes getting low coz these people are old oh boy do I get you dude, boy do I.
cotton candy sounds like what a lauv collab might sound like. mars is going on my keep holding on playlist, wow, this really is a sad song, love the progression on this.
love song - one crazy cute little guitar riff in the beginning there. god save me, but dont drown me out has the vocal ruling this track idc idc wait is that a flute what is that in the chorus its so pretty, fantasy like even.
weird - really love the production on this one, its different from the whole album. acting like that is literally the only song that is so mgk hahaha
its quiet in beverly hills - damn. _the freak show - okay that is one beautifully dramatic freaky song.wow it got over so fast i really did like this album!

11 March 2022

Circles
Mac Miller (2020) | Hip - Hop / Rap / R&B Soul

8.5 / 10

“Off the bat, this album is a favorite already”

Honestly? I just had my eyes closed for the whole album.Surf was my stepping stone into Mac Miller two years ago, and it’ll forever remain a favorite

12 January 2022

Song of Her's
Her's (2017) | Indie Rock

8.5 / 10

I found them 3 years after they passed away and thats what made me incredibly sad. Im loving all of their songs especially What Once Was. I wish i had known them a little bit more, as they always say, music will always be immortal.

23 June 2022

Give Me The Future
Bastille (2022) | Alternative Indie / Pop

8.5 / 10

I found them 3 years after they passed away and thats what made me incredibly sad. Im loving all of their songs especially What Once Was. I wish i had known them a little bit more, as they always say, music will always be immortal.

— oh thats a pretty nice interlude —Plug In…. has some provocative lyrics now doesnt it, kinda digging it. Promises is a beautiful poem , beautiful.This album is kind of dystopian wishing for a quick removal so as to start a new chapter of utopia.— okay even Total dissociation is a pretty interlude, wonder if there’s a reason for putting two interludes in one album —Tracks I lIked : Distorted Light Beam, No Bad Days, Shut Off The Lights,I LOVE : Back To The Future, Give Me The Future.

4 February 2022

6equence
Moon Byul (2022) | K - R&B / Soul / Ballad, Hip - Hop / Rap

8.5 / 10

Oh wow that is such a chill intro, definitely did not expect this. Omg G999 reminds me of the good old Hip - Hop of the early 90s days!!! so cool MoonByul has exceedingly surprised me from the first track! Shutdown with a feat. Seori of course I would love it. What I love even more is how perfect their voices go together. LUNATIC reminds me of those teaser kpop tracks on billboards and stuff :PFor Me makes me wonder is there anything MoonByul cant do??

22 March 2022

Are You Okay?
Begum (2022) | Indie Rock

8.5 / 10

“ A tiny blend of The Beatles, Jannabi and pretty much every Indie Rock favourite out there”

Interesting intro, very interesting blend of instruments indeed. And after that intro is You Mean Well's intro, wow, very dramatic! And quite long I gotta say hehe — okay a 6 minute track — in 2022? Yes very cool. I absolutely loved Meena Lisa, gorgeously composed and with a single string backing — perfectionBetter Person Too that chord progression??? Oh my heart, and then layers upon layers added on top, subtle at first and then you see them all blend into a family. Damn the layers never stop coming, incandescence is what I feel now.

13 March 2022

dhun
Dreamnote (2022) | Indian Indie

8.5 / 10

Dil has this very sweet lyricism throughout, layered over an even sweeter melody. Kahaani went very smart on the lyrics. I love the meshing on Khoyi Hui Dhun, so many unique layers, even within the harmonies stacked onto one tanpura., quite literally like a hidden dhun

10 May 2022

Rx
ROLE MODEL (2022) | Alt Indie / Pop

8 / 10

"i dont know if I've ever heard a song about masturbation called masturbation song with such a beautiful melody."

boy this album is a self vulnerable piece isnt it. starting off with die for my bitch, very much loving this new kid. very nice progressions on forever&more. haha save a seat is actually very punk vibes, atleast with the lyrics. bass and synth on if jesus saves, she's my type is chef's kiss. wow stripclub music just gave me major Euphoria flashbacks ehehe(?). man this album I like weirdly enough, really loved can you say the same's riff. aah yes an acoustic for the title track why not, oh and lets tear out a page from my journal as well shall we. if Rx and Sasha Sloan ever collab, boy oh boy that song'll be existential crisis on steroids.

10 April 2022

Don't Know
김수영 Kim Suyoung (2020) | K Indie

8 / 10

“i came here from IU’s LILAC and oh WOW.”

Finally understood how much I love Korean musicians, the variety!? That mid bass in Hmm oh so beautiful. Those harmonies in Don’t Know is definitely the highlight of the song, loving them. Of course Monologue had to be the cutest song ever. And ofcourse there’s a piano heavy ballad called Memory man these kids are just so versatile.

3 May 2022

if only
some:r (2020) | R&B / Soul

8 / 10

“dont walk away is now my forever favourite”

Night Rain is perfect for a rainy day, of being ‘trapped in the rain’ and yet finding that ‘umbrella’ …. dear.’s lyrics…. How have I not heard about this person ever… im just gonna shut up coz this is a beautiful album…. Those vocals on moment ugh. damn i love this album so much

12 April 2022

Life is a Bi...
BIBI (2021) | R&B / Soul + Hip-Hop / Rap

8 / 10

haha the whole album is classic BiBi, loving this kid. BAD SAD AND MAD i'm lovin'. the damn vocals on PIRI the dog is crazy!. haha the lyrics are funny and kind of sneaky with sas. loving the title track woof.

24 January 2022

LET’S JUST SAY THE WORLD ENDED A WEEK FROM NOW, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
HONNE
(2021) | Alternative Indie / Pop / Electronic / Dance

8 / 10

"Usually they have nice summer songs, full of breezy happiness, but then this one, its more of an autumn shade? But its happier, way more happier than anything they’ve ever made. And damn did they layer it with some amazing collabs."

COMING HOME is so breezy, its a really nice chill bg album; there's an acoustic version of it too afterwards, really pretty.and then WHAT WOULD YOU DO? & TALK TO ME are like perfect drive songs, aah there's a lot of nice layering in the priduction here.NOW I'M ALONE with its lofi vibe and then Khalid's THREE STRIKES reeling in the beautifUl lyrics, a feat yet its like he takes full control of the mesh. beautiful.oh wow there's a What a Wonderful World cover in here too!! I'm Blessed just sounds like a nice happy song.Love the Lanesborough version of all the songs.probably think HEARTSONG is a favorite now, beautifully layered harmonies and melodies.

2 February 2022

Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis (1959) | Jazz

8 / 10

So What feat John Coltrane - the progressions here seem like theyre not changing, but then there’s a sense of urgency at sudden times? Such a juxtapositionFreddie Freeloader - upbeat -wait do I hear so what in this piece too??Blue in Green - okay my kind of slow jazz, this kind of slow non-urgent jazz reminds ef strolls along the seine, or lonely strolls in the night in New York city. (Add to jazz night elves) this is just really beautiful and just so pleasant to listen to. was meant for rainy days. There’s a cello accompaniment too at the end which adds to that layer of haunting beauty?All Blues - it frightens me, kind of sounds like a sad storyFlamenco sketchs - sweet melody, beautiful, like falling in love for the first time. While Blue in Green gave off night abyss colours, this one gives off a sunset aura, like the longing of the night to never end.

15 January 2022

Demons
Dhruv Visvanath (2022) | Pop

8 / 10

Fly reminds me of a cross between Imagine Dragons and well, Dracula yep. Pleasantly, a nice experimental surprise to my ears yep.

15 March 2022

Tales of the Night Forest
Black Hill and Silent Island (2018) | Alternative / Instrumental

8 / 10

11 January 2022

Mind Over Matter
Young The Giant (2014) | Alternative Indie / Pop

8 / 10

What a way to open an album - Dive. Omg It’s About Time reminds me of Gavin Degraw’s I don’t wanna be!!?? This wouldve made a very cool intro to some drama, bro what was with that sccato ending??-As Crystalised is playing, I realise, god this would be an amazing album to play on a long road trip-What is this magic that is Daydreamer!?? Such a gorgeous intro?? Firelight has a subtle undertone of a sitar mimicry in those first few notes of the guitar finger picking. Soft, casual, cascading guitar strings overlapping and a beautiful bass near the end as you dive in more and more; ~ harmony
Waves starts off with this really catchy riff, and then it keeps growing more and more, just like a ripple to a wave. Gorgeous!

2 June 2022

Give or Take
Giveon (2022) | R&B, Soul

8 / 10

Okay Giveon’s debut album, lets go.Off the bat with Let Me Go very much loving the RnB lofi vibes riddled with what seems like childhood memories yep. dec 11th is such a pretty little strumming actin there, just way too short. This Will Do - for an RnB artist Giveon sure does incorporate a ton of guitars , and it kind of makes this beautiful effect, especially if you’re on spatial mode.Make You Mine has a small narrative at the end, kind of ties uo the song perfectly. For Tonight - okay I see why theres so many people listening to this one, yep, agreeable.very Leona Lewis Bleeding Love like; but with violins. Lost Me - oh that voice with a ukulele??? Darn. With the cajones and then a narration. Okay im in love with Lie AgainAnd then there’s another ballad called Another Heartbreak oh, those falsettos in such a dramatic little song.

24 June 2022

Beatopia
beabadoobee (2022) | Alternative / Indie

8 / 10

Starting off with a second track like 10:36, kind of a pop-y punk track. I really love the way the album progressed to a semi-classical piece filled with strings like Ripples. And then it progresses to an almost tango track like the perfect pair. Really like how there’s tons of ebbs and flows throughout the album, somewhere in between the songwritings of Sasha Sloan and well, beabadooobee.And then it flows into a punk rock vibe with Talk. Okay I stopped writing anything in between, im really enjoying this album. It has just been a really pleasant 45 minutes.

21 July 2022

tiny things
Thinh Suy (2021) | Alternative / Pop

8 / 10

tracks i liked : the lost kid, tiny love, ca run ca cho, i cant see

9 February 2022

SUN WAS HERE
sunwashere (2020) | K - Indie / Pop

8 / 10

Love the trumpet right in the middle of Dance, pretty little melody, a ton of layering, reminds me of the pop rock / pop jazz songs movies from early 2000s would have at the end credits hehe. Never realised how perfect eAeon and sunwa’s voice would go before I heard Night and Day, it doesnt get calmer and well, perfect than this. Just listen to that vocal control, beautiful. Even the Jeon Yonghyeon version is so pretty; far more orchestrated and dramatic.

18 March 2022

FACE
Solar (2022) | K - R&B / Soul / Pop / Ballad

8 / 10

Loving the production on RAW and toppled that with that strain-y thing Solar does haha. Oh yeah the mv for HONEY is viciously pretty. The hook is definitely an earworm. Kinda found it incredibly impressive how the moo girls are multi-talented, I mean they can rap, dance and pull out vocal heavy ballads.Of course Solar would have a jazz take on Bog Booty I mean cmon!! Ugh she’s got a gorgeous persona hasnt she. I mean LISTEN TO THAT VOCAL QUALITY!!?? This could easily be pulled off at a burlesque show. That whisper right there at the end make me giggle hehe.Zingle Zingle feels like a perfect blend of R&B, Hip-Hop and Soul of the early 2000s meets K - Pop

19 March 2022

blue water road
kehlani (2022) | R&B / Soul

8 / 10

Aaaah I love up at night featuring Justin Bieber just a really really chill song yep yep. Didn’t know it was from this album.
Omg wandering ends with kehlani’s baby babbling omg so cute!!This album just went by in a breeze.

29 April 2022

Undo
Heize (2022) | K - R&B / Soul / Ballad / Hip - Hop / Rap

8 / 10

Aah a funky little title track dense with Heize’s falsettos and harmonies. I love the way Heize has dominated the KHH scene. Every single release is worth the hype. And then she put in a ton of cool features on this album, so yep, I liked listening to it alot!

30 May 2022

You're Almost There - EP
ASTN (2022) | Pop

7.5 / 10

"this album is way too short ugh"

28 March 2022

Pink Moon
Pink Sweat$ (2022) | R&B / Soul

7.5 / 10

"Waiting On You is gonna end up in my make out playlist lol."

already liking Midnight River, mellow ballad, harmonies everywhere, very vibey~. I would actually love to play this whole album in the bg yep. KIRBY and Pink Sweat$ okay yeah their vocals compliment each other so well. on Nothing Feels Better Than You and hehe, just remembered why I loved his songs. haha I'm gonna fall in love with Real Thing aren't I (edit - I did).

28 January 2022

Cleopatra
The Lumineers (2016) | Alternative Indie / Pop / Folk

“kind of feel like as i go more into the album, it mellows down, after a turbulent storm like; i like that part, i like it alot”

This whole album is just a story, of life almost untold, of multiples lives. Maybe not as upbeat as what theyre known for but this whole poem is beautiful. Ophelia my darling you are soulful and you are beautiful. Gun Song is just hopelessly dramatic and yet beautiful with those choruses. Oh my its been a while since ive heard In The Light, its just something that makes me so happy for no reason at all.I love the second part; starting with Angela. Oh dear Gale Song….. this whole part with Long Way From Home (more morphine…) and practically the whole second part of the album just shot up the rating I was gonna give. This album got waaaaaay darker than I was anticipating with My Eyes…. and wrapping it with an aptly named Patience.

26 January 2022

DPR Archives
DPR LIVE . DPR IAN . DPR CREAM
(2020) | K Hip-Hop / Rap / Traditional

7.5 / 10

"HUGE DPR IAN fan but these guys get down to grass roots and add diss tracks in one album lol i love them"

starting off the album with a diss track and then you mellow it down to sequential day-to-day noises with just dream it ahaha see thats why I love DPR. Lmao I cant with these guys they seriously named a track billboard uwu and its an instrumental awesome! roots at our last dream with that mix up of notes at 1:28, oh god…..i- so many instrumentals here I LOVE!!!.. sigh a perfect jazz / tango lofi piece with zombie pop i love these guys.

31 March 2022

?depacse ohw
Seori (2020) | R&B / Soul

7.5 / 10

"there's so much grief in I Wanna Cry bursting at the seams, and actually, so sad, how I wish they'd add visible translations to non English songs on streaming sites."

yay her debut album, its her voice thats gonna keep me glued to Seori for a long time. Running Through the Night and Lovers in the Night is what brought me to this album in the first place hehe. Hairdryer is such a nice jazz night soul kind of song I love, love how's there's actually a diverse array of themes and genres in this album. oooh nice nice production with Really High. aaah Fairy Tale I love! woah didnt know it was from this album damn.

1 February 2022

Soldout smile
87dance (2022) | K Rock / Alternative

7.5 / 10

“Soldout smile reminds me of those old movies where you’re a teenager hopelessly in love, dancing in one of those old age homes where you’re volunteering and theyre playing a slow dance song and you finally get to dance with your crush. Yep.”

ouch the lyrics on Ghosts are bored. I can hear fireworks for the bridge oh its gonna be a nostalgia themed song isnt it….aah jazzy….
saffron is so dreamy, breezy….nostalgic lyrics, remembrance….sigh that messy glissando at the end damn.
Man these k alt / indie rock bands are crazy good at their art. Slowtime with its marimbas aah old days.

6 January 2022

Free Time
Ruel (2019) | Pop

7.5 / 10

17 May 2022

WOOPS!
WOODZ (2020) | R&B / Soul

7.5 / 10

28 April 2022

Harry's House
Harry Styles (2022) | Pop / Soft Rock

7.5 / 10

“Probably the most intimate thing I’ve heard in a while”

21 May 2022

Fireworks
Gaho (2021) | K Electronic, Ballads

7.5 / 10

"I thought gaho was a ballad singer this is so upbeat ehehe :’) "

As Im listening to Lost My Way I wonder how a blend of this with Eric Nam’s Wildfire would sound.Right Now - okay that is one massively powerful chorus damn….hold on HOLY that refrain!!?? beautiful actually.Okay now I KNOW Rush Hour would actually sound really good in an acoustic version too! This boy hits his falsettos like its making breakfast pancakes damn those chords.Okay now yes Afraid sounds more like the Gaho I know of. He really does have a very nice texture to those chords of his, and those sudden melodies he hits in. Looking into the lyrics and, wow this really is a nice- are those violin strings what… oh that chorus after the bridge damn (straight into my driving playlist)Im liking the progression on RIDE, mad vibratos damn.Yes the actual ballad signing out gaho I know of yes in Crush, see this dude just has no genre does he damn!?LikeThe Moon has more of a jazzy soulful melody to it, it really is am pretty little piece.

16 March 2022

Colour the Small One
Sia (2004) | Alternative Indie / Pop

7.5 / 10

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13 February 2022

DREAM
Joe Layne (2021) | Alternative / Hip-Hop

7 / 10

“Happiness (thriller kdrama) brought me here.”

Can actually hear the artists’ roots in the title track (and throughout the album), wow, goosebumps; perfect Dream sequence. Aaah of course add in wind chimes and perfectly mesh each song in the whole album. a LOT of Kanye + Daft Punk vibes in REALISE heh. Think ive definitely heard HIGHER somewhere, really dont remember where. Okay need to talk more about the use of traditional South Korean instruments in those productions umm hello!?
Oh EUREKA!!! is definitely on the OST for Happiness yep. Okay FOREVER just pushed the rating up by a few points on this one yep.

16 May 2022

Head In The Clouds Forever
88rising (2022) | R&B / Pop

7 / 10

cmon, its 88rising, there ARE no skips.
Best Lover is *chef's kiss*. bringing in a Warren Hue feature into froyo was perfect wasn't it. T reminds me of those OG productions man I miss such albums, Hikaru's vocals, those harmonies are absolutely beautiful.

17 April 2022

I Never Die
(G)I-DLE ( (2022) | K Rap, Pop, Rock

7 / 10

ive been looping Tomboy's music video since the day it came out weeks ago lmao, this song is so gooood. oh nice heavy on the strings back there, guitars and violins and I wont be surprised if there's a cello too in VILLAIN DIES. these kids rap good, real good. aah loving Polaroid so much, does every song called Polaroid sound this good?? omg ESCAPE makes me happy so happy. oh nice heavy heavy heavy production on LIAR woof.

14 March 2022

LOOP
Peakboy ( (2020) | K Alt Rock, Hip-Hop, Rap

7 / 10

"came here because of the album art coz do you see that gorgeous thing out there on a canvas? ugh"

dude, that sampling on Hide & Seek, Step Up!!??? Peakboy def knows how to write songs yep. aah Whee In and Peakboy vocals meshing so friggin well in Diet. Loving the jazz vibe production on Youth. Definitely have heard the title track somewhere, just dont know where ugh. The lyrics are so so cute <3

11 April 2022

Love Sux
Avril Lavigne (2022) | Punk Pop / Aternative

7 / 10

10 March 2022

130 Mood : TRBL
DEAN (2016) | K-R&B / Soul / Hip-Hop / Rap

7 / 10

7 February 2022

Harder Than It Looks
Simple Plan (2022) | Pop Punk

7 / 10

"Nostalgic pop punk emotions filled with catchy melodies and stickier choruses is what Simple PLan does best"

Wake me Up bringing back that classic Simple Plan-esque guitar riff.
Anxiety definitely does not sound like a Simple Plan song, I like this new sound, much darker than it actually sounds, more pop punk meets reggae I suppose.
Iconic and Congratulations gave off major Fall Out Boy vibes.
Two is extremely sad, sung by a 'not so teen'; such moments in life do tend to have a lasting negative effect.
Kind of feel like they havent quite evolved? Be it lyrically or musicality wise but then again theyre known for that messy interlude diving into a slow yet catchy chorus vibe. And then there's that nostalgic effect such bands have that they stay true to their music form, add in some nice experiments and then really do just tag along with you as you both grow up. I mean, I'm not a hoepelss teen either right now, but boy does this bring in good memories.

20 May 2022

Imagination & the Misfit Kid
Labrinth (2019) | R&B, Soul, Pop

7 / 10

Finally Miracle sounds closer to the Labrinth Ive heard to in Euphoria. That beautiful gospel ending make me smile so bright. Wow so All For Us and Mount Everest are a part of this album too?? Damn thats what got me here. oh does Zendaya have a gorgeous voice box.While Im not a huge fan of this particular album, I can really hear the personal letters McKenzie has actually etched into this.Something’s Got to Give has a beautiful set of strings weaved into it, kind of bittersweet? Where the Wild Things are is a gorgeous production. And Oblivion is more of an orchestrel piece, kind of really does feel spiritual on some level, and added with Sia’s feature adds a ton of texture to this song.In the end, I feel like I went into this album expecting a lot, but was kind of a meh for me overall, except for a few tracks, it just seemed a little too much of a “all over the place”

14 February 2022

Blood Bunny
Chloe Moriondo (2021) | Alternative Indie / Pop

7 / 10

Been a fan of Chloe’s covers since 2018 I suppose, its been great seeing her grow up so well. GIRL ON TV has this string trick right through the whole song giving out a spatial effect , okay yeah thats pretty cool. I Want To Be With You has a lot of loose punk rock tracks i like and then there's GIRL ON TV on this album, right my alley.Favorite Band with a just a kid like simple plan hahaha paramore, what more bands did she list out. I mean I get you Hayley gets me too, all time low??? Oh she really did channel all these bands here. Samantha channels a taylor soft meets pop punk. Kinda cute. Vapor probably my favorite track in the whole album. Okay What If It Doesn’t End Well yeah these two tracks I loved.Chloe’s got some insane vocal qualities, but really didnt feel like any of the songs highlighted that in this album, just another pop punk album for me tbh.

19 April 2022

Malibu Nights
LANY (2018) | Soft Rock / Electronic Pop

7 / 10

Already feel like this would be a good album to listen to while you’re driving. I really liked hearing the theremin in Taking Me Back. Pleasantly surpised! Malibu Nights brought me here, and its probably my favorite track from this album.

22 April 2022

MOTH
Woosung (2022) | Alternative Indie / Pop / Rock

7 / 10

ComE dOWn haha see, its not even about how good the songs are, its just Woosung’s voice and that tiny little vocal trick he does thats gonna make me come back to every release of his ha ha. Phase Me is the typical rock WOOSUNG I know and love oh wow, a lot of 80s synth pop meets funky bass guitar vibe in this one, but make it pop rock?? Wow. Modern Life loving the punk rock vibe in this, maybe not the greatest of lyrics in this album, but I can go with it, not a bad listen. Pretty short.

13 June 2022

Perfectionist
Will Jay (2020) | R&B / Soul, Pop

6.5 / 10

hmm, kind of get why gen zs are loving this, I think. Married to the Music is kind of catchy. By Now is now a favorite of mine, was about to skip this, never thought this dude does ballads too, and beautiful ones at that. wow, so whatever I'm not a fan of, the amazing lyrics, kind of makes up for it. very much digging Talking to Myself too, okay okay I see why they love him, oh wow these vocals impressive boy this is impressive.
is it weird that Writing a Song Pt.3 kind of reminds me of a Beatles song but in rock version? wait omg ITS ELEANOR RIGBY ROCK VERSION okay I like this album waaaaay more now dude

7 June 2022

GAUSSIAN
youra (2021) | K - R&B

6.5 / 10

I guess this would be the first time im hearing youra and lord that voice and that technique. Im really liking MIMI but then, I’m on the third song and, i mean its okay?Yep finished the album and, I'm fond of only two songs, MIMI and RAL 9002; maybe once I sit and actually go through the lyrics properly, might just get it? Heize and youra’s voices really do mesh so soulfully.

29 May 2022

The Way That Lovers Do
Prateek Kuhad (2022) | experimental (?)

6.5 / 10

"hmm, a new version of Prateek Kuhad I didnt know of, there’s acoustics AND synth heavy 80s. I can actually hear a ton of auto-tune? okay yes definitely new for a Kuhad song."

Co2 is a funny little pretty little piece.Okay Just a Word seems out of a Billie Eilish collab, but then that piano interlude comes in, beautiful melody. Even the lyrics, im really liking this one after the, umm, attempt that was Face; wasn’t a huge fan of that one, ngl. I mean kudos to him for experimenting, but I probably dont fall under the right demography. But Just a Word is actually beautiful.The Last Time has a very pretty progression, cute lyrics actually.Oh dear lord Full Time Lover is beautiful (adds to acoustic loves)

23 May 2022

(Un)Commentary
Alec Benjamin (2022) | Indie Pop

6.5 / 10

“I dont get it this dude has such a beautiful and unique voice, lets not even get into the lyricism”

Favourites from this album would be Dopamine Addict and Older. Other than that, hmm, kind of disappointed, or I might've expected a lot more since his breakout back in 2019?

15 April 2022

Apolonio
Omar Apollo (2020) | R&B / Soul / Alternative Pop

6.5 / 10

Such a groovy bop-py little album! Want U Around feat. Ruel brought me here. The shift from soul rnb to pop rock in a second in Useless , woah.

13 April 2022

__Public Displays Of Affection __
Muni Long (2021) | R&B / Soul

6.5 / 10

Its one of your usual bedroom albums. Not a huge fan, but the production is actually really good. But then again nothing made me go "holy shit wow".

21 March 2022

__Saar __
Osho Jain (2021) | Indian Indie

6.5 / 10

Oh Humara Ho Gaya is beautiful, a mellow little guitar being plucked, and beautiful vocals accompanying it with an oh so perfect melody. Tu Aisa Kaise Hai is such a sweet little piece of music, its, its impeccably sweet.Really liked the lyricism play on Sheher Me and Pyaare along with how they played with it, but other than these few, kind of felt the rest of the album would be a one time thing for me.

15 February 2022

__Petals For Armor __
Hayley Williams (2020) | Alternative Indie / Pop

6.5 / 10

listening to Simmer and wondering 'huh'. Never thought I’d hear Hayley Williams in an experimental alternative indie pop record. Leave It Alone sounds more like a dark confession of a past, a past connection that went shattering down. Dead Horse’s first 10 seconds describes the whole album I suppose.Why We Ever is probably the only song I liked / loved? Like really really liked. Kind of the go slow pop punk tune I fell in love with when it came ot Hayley.-did not wait to finish the album, just skipped a ton of songs a minute into it-
Okay yes finally disk 3 sounds more like my liking, yep- (yeah nope)
okay Crystal Clear__ aint bad, production wise.At the end I can see how and why the whole process of making this album came into being, and I really think thats admirable.

27 April 2022

LOST & FOUND
Jackson Wang (2022) | R&B Soul / Rap

6 / 10

really loving the mix of genres in this album, starting with the funky synth backing on Dead. not a huge fan of I Don't Have It but the production weirdly enough is actually pretty good, again just the production, I found the song a little eh compared to the rest of Jackson's work I usually love. Getting a lot of linkin park production meets arctic monkeys meets Interpol vibes from this album ngl. Weird how even though I'm loving the prod, not quite getting into the song, weird. I mean Blackout? nice prod meh song, why bro. See I'm loving Vibes a ton, classic Jackson it is.

9 March 2022

mainstream sellout
Machine Gun Kelly (2022) | Alternative / Pop / Emo / Rap Punk

6 / 10

25 March 2022

Motordrome
MØ (2022) | Alternative / Pop / Indie

6 / 10

"Just a nice album to dance to"

Kindness - I love the cello in the beginning, really liking this song, and then the cello goes into full finger plucking mode beautiful. Wheelspin is way mellow compared to the previous dance track (Live To Survive). Strong lyrics and well, heavy bass in a kind of perfect way? Slackened synths, and that very unique tonal quality, im really invested in the album definitely.Cool To Cry - huh, theres kind of a nice pop rock thing going on on that melody there huh. Really liking Goosebumps production overall.Wow a lot of genres in this one album, electronic but then there’s a ballad-y like piece like Goosebumps and a sort of old school rock song like Hip Bones. Liking Punches too!? There’s indie elements and a heavy production layering, really different.

29 January 2022

Blush
Maya Hawke (2020) | Alternative / Pop / Indie

6 / 10

"Just a nice album to dance to"

Okay finally Animal Enough is the kind of music I personally prefer when it comes to country music :’)Coverage is beautifully picturesque but I think the only track which I absolutely loved is Mirth. Its hauntingly beautiful.

6 June 2022

Ceremony
King Gnu (2020) | J - Rock / Alternative Rock / J - Pop

6 / 10

Only track I loved was #7. But gott talk about that Intro wow, really does sound like an opening act and a war cry meshed together into a band performance.#7 made this album take a complete 180 degree turn for me okay yes NOW we’re talking yes. holy damn I love this track. Its tracks like this that make me realise why I love j-rock more than well, western rock sometimes. I love how this album started , interluded and ended with 3 different kinds of warped ceremonial orchestras, all different in their own genre, all in their own element, and yet, kind of brought the while album together.

6 June 2022

The Combination
Mind Combined (2010) | R&B

5.5 / 10

was a fan of the their album last year - CIRCLE. plus loved the album artwork. very old school notes in this one yep. getting very rich 90s soul vibes in Something's Better. ooo Space X is so vibey.

18 January 2022

Cross My Heart
Joe Trufant (2022) | R&B / Soul, Hip - Hop / Rap

5.5 / 10

Stay With Me has a beautiful production to it, listening to the layers, really is beautiful.The whole album, not bad, but more of a “let it play in the bg” kind of album yeah.Oh wow Love Songs has a thuy feature okay okay rnb soul coming through. Loved how this transitioned to the last song of the album Prove Me Wrong

4 April 2022

of dissonance and peace
ruhdabeh (2022) | Acoustic / Indie

5.5 / 10

In we see rainbows there's a bridge, an instrumental one, and it sort of forced me to listen to the whole damn song. Okay im impressed immensely. That is one crazy production thats nothing less than an orchestra.I feel like the lack of lyricism was kind compensated by a strong production.

21 April 2022

MINT
ABIR (2018) | R&B Soul /Pop

5 / 10

"i think Tango brought me here hehe, love that song.”

holy shit, Young & Rude’s bass at the beginning is so familiar wait wait, was it from enhypen…omg YES ITS FROM ENYHPEN’S FEVER!! daamn really digging this song wow. And the acoustics version of Finest Hour is actually really pretty, kind of perfect for ABIIR’s voice and with those backing strings, yep.

7 March 2022

Nudes
Lucious (2018) | Alternative / Indie

5 / 10

On Tempest and its like if Bon Iver and Novo Amor had a baby. Something about You just shifted to Fleetwood Mac meets everyone at Woodstock oh WOW. mad mad MAD harmonies damn, Neighbours is beautiful. Million Dollar Secret - those first 52 seconds is what dreams are made of, happy warm fuzzy dreams.

10 January 2022

Soundtrack to an Existential Crisis
Au/Ra (2021) | Alternative Pop / Indie

5 / 10

kind of never heard anything like this ngl I'm digging Screw Feelings a ton. oh wow heavy. has a gorgeous backing going on, beautiful I'm loving this. not very common. haha Hush is a nice little cute song in a very creepy way lol. really did love the title track I wont lie.

20 April 2022

DONDA (Deluxe)
Kanye West (2021) | Hip - Hop, Gospel, Progressive Rap

5 / 10

The ending to Life of the Party almost killed me. But then it took a turn, a "lets dust our Kim - Kanye dirty laundry outside" turn. I just hope everyone got the calm they wanted. Ofcourse Jail’s structure is classic Dwayne Abernathy Junior yep.Hold up hold up ive seen like a thousand Euphoria edits with this track you’re telling me its a track from Donda!!!??? Praise God the viral euphoria edit track iIS FROM DONDA??Love how Believe What I say sampled Lauryn Hill. Had my eyes closed all through No Child Left Bheind and up from the ashes. I dont know if its the minimal production in this one, or the gospel choir, but your soul will thank you.__God Breathed—bro that ending-? Ireally liked Jesus Lord Pt 2, but here's the thing, this album was way too dragged out. Its the same narration, and yes I'm always a fan of Ye's production, well, pre break-down Ye. After this I just couldnt go on anymore like 2 hours for an album nope. The only reason I docked it down.

30 April 2022

PURE
Cö Shu Nie (2019) | J - Rock / Pop

5 / 10

I did not think I’d like who are you? this much. Aaah yes asphyxia the track all anime fans would definitely know :Pscapegoat could be a really good ringtone hehe. And good god CREAM is an awful; song yikes.okay gotta say this album is kinda crazy diverse. Listen to that refrain and bridge meshed into one gorgeous guitar solo. Wow theres a lofi kind of track too?? — never mind there’s a muted guitar solo layered in between

25 May 2022