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Zac Brown Band — Welcome Home

What a bore. ZBB is usually charming and creative, but this just felt like one boring acoustic ballad after another. Other than some vocal harmony, it just felt like Zac mumbling half-baked lyrics over his own acoustic guitar. Not an iota of energy, and the songs that should have worked were just too weakly written or soporific or both. A couple of the songs near the end were at least better, but they still didn't make up for the droning of the rest of the album.

edited 2nd Nov '17 8:14:56 PM by Twentington

Without Warning, a rather out-of-nowhere collaborative effort between Metro Boomin, 21 Savage, and Offset from Migos.

It was pretty good though I think it gets by on mood more than anything else. Offset and 21 balance each other out pretty well but as with a good chunk of Atlanta trap, you're not coming to this for quotables necessarily (though there're a few if you care to look for them). TBH I mostly checked it out on the strength of the title and the cover art (which I really dig). Don't regret it.

edited 4th Nov '17 12:29:42 PM by Bep

Liturgy - The Ark Work

Quite possibly the weirdest album to come out this decade, The Ark Work combines minimalism, black metal, math rock, industrial hip hop, church hymns, fanfares, and glitchy production. HHH drones over these weird combinations of ideas in a monotone singing voice. I still haven't made up my mind about this album. On one hand, It's undoubtedly unique and definitely ambitious, with songs like Reign Array being especially well developed. On the other, the high end is mixed super loudly, the bells in Follow being the worst example. Overall, it's definitely worth checking out, if just for the sheer creativity here, even if it doesn't always work.

Veteran by JPEGMAFIA

Genre: Experimental hip hop

My opinion on it: It was okay. 7/10

Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides by Sophie

Genre: Art pop

My opinion on it: Lovely, but fierce. 7/10

God's Favorite Customer

Pure Comedy

I Love You, Honeybear

Fear Fun by Father John Misty

Genres:

GFC: Soft rock, indie folk pop

PC: Folk with Orchestral flourishes

ILYH: Indie folk, electronica (but only on one track),

FF: Indie folk, folk rock (I also sense some blue-eyed soul on certain tracks on each album but that's just what I perceived.)

My opinion on it:

GFC: Quaint little album 6/10

PC: Dense, but rewarding 7/10

ILYH: I believe this is currently his best work. He balances romantic apocalypse and sardonicism perfectly. 9/10

FF: Strange change for J. Tillman but an intriguing one. 6/10

Spiritual Unity by Albert Ayler Genre: Free jazz My opinion on it: this. shit. is. INCREDIBLE. 9/10

Akuma no Uta by Boris

Genre: Stoner rock

My opinion on it: The boys (and girl) from the land where the Sun rises first were really up to something. 7/10

Cold - The Things We Can't Stop.

Not as heavy as their previous output (Especially the first two albums), but a vast improvement on 2011's Superfiction. Basically an older, wiser sequel to Year of the Spider, with soulful and emotional songs that have a huge impact. Highly recommended.

8.5/10.

Madeon — Good Faith

I've been looking forward to this album for months, and oh man did it deliver. Songs range in quality from "pretty good" to "will probably listen to on loop for the next week or so". Highly recommended if you like electronic music.

Nine Inch Nails - The Slip: Not my first listen-through, but so damn good. I feel like it combines parts of NIN's three previous albums (a more rock-heavy sound like With Teeth, some themes from Year Zero, and even atmospheric instrumentals like Ghosts I-IV), but still has its own feel and identity to it, especially production-wise. One of their more underrated albums, IMO.