Reviews (page 5 of 8)
Fuzzy and fun
Very garage bandy sound on here. Short songs, and too many of them. It sounds like it was recorded in the 60's, so they're a few decades late with this sound. All that said, it isn't terrible, but it isn't necessarily moving either. Middle of the road. 3.
hmmm... think I'm done with lo-fi
This is a band I have truly never heard of until now. Reminded me a bot of the Who. Enjoyed the listen, but not knowing any of the songs it was hard to connect. I’d probably listen again of it was being played somewhere.
I can’t figure out why I’ve never heard of this band. It seems like the music I would have listened to back then. 28 songs, none of which were very memorable. Wasn’t bad, but I probably wouldn’t listen to it again.
It was interesting but none of the tracks were long enough to carry out a full idea and they didn't really carry a consistent sound between them which I found very jarring. Several tracks were also bad but in a way that felt deliberate. This is very challenging to do well and didn't land for me. If it was narrowed down to the best tracks and refined more I think it would be a great album but as it stands I didn't love it.
The snoring song was a -1. Rest of the album was weird and not my thing. Felt very disjointed, sometimes boring, sometimes annoying.
The vocals are nice. The guitar is loud and bad—guitar hero-esque A bit amateur/unpolished I like “as we go up”
It's strange that a band I have never even heard of before can make me feel so much nostalgia for a past time in my life. This album is dripping with early 90's garage band feels. The guitar reverb alone invokes a dozen bands I grew up with from 91 to 95. That being said the album really threw me with it's short song lengths. At a certain point I realized a song I was listening to was actually three songs that just kinda ran onto each other. The album is 41 minutes long with 28 tracks. That means each track averages 1:28 seconds. Each song feels like a preview of a full song I might have liked when I was 14 but just when I am getting into it the preview ends and the next preview starts. I feel unfulfilled , lol.
Annoying
nice demo tape
already know and love this one, but it definitely needs time to grow on you
alt rock , longe de ser o album favorito. 3 estrelas
demo quality songs, some are good
average
Not sure can be fucked this album. A lot of the songs are very catchy with strong Beatles vibes but then just as your getting into the song its over and another one starts. This coupled with the shonky production and I'm thinking life's too short for an album of charming but half arsed songs. Less is defn more.
Alien Lanes Another one of those bands I’d heard of but whose music and style I don’t really know. I can hear some Replacements, some Pavement, some Dinosaur Junior, some punkishness, with some great melodies, hooks and riffs, but it’s ultimately a bit of a frustrating listen. Not for the muddy sound, which I actually really like, it’s just when you are getting into a song it ends and they do another one, sometimes good, sometimes not so good, and then they abruptly finish that one and do the same thing again. I don’t know whether it's a wilful lo-fi-ness, a slacker can’t be arsed to finish thing, or an artistic statement. If it is from an underground sense of obtuseness. I kind of admire it, but at the same time it feels like a shame, as 10 or 12 of these songs fleshed out could make a great album, or if they just did ten 2 minute songs for a sharp 20 minute album. It also feels like they must have been an influence on Blur and specifically Coxon, Chicken Blows feels a lot like a Blur/13 era song. There’s lots of great stuff on here, little snippets and gems of punky lo-fi pop, but the songs are so brief and come and go so quickly that it’s hard to get a real handle on it. I’d listen again though and am intrigued to try some of their other albums, I’ll go 3. 👽👽👽 Playlist submission: Blimps Go 90.
As a big hodgepodge of basement demos from America with a 60s British influence, this could be enjoyable. But the whole premise does not make for a fantastic album, and one that is more a curio. For the snippets of undeniably great melody it gets midway in the ratings. It has piqued my interest to listen to some of their more developed albums.
Good
The Good: We are being guided! The Bad: The voices… they are guiding us… in our heads… The Ugly: The aliens that don’t know how to stay in their lanes. I listened to the album, because it was on the list… I forgot to rate the album the day that I listened to it… and now I can’t even recall what the album sounded like… Thus the album is forgetable… 2* because I can’t even recall if I hated it
meh, this is aight, nothing awesome. 28 tracks for 41 min? That's an average of 1.4 min per track. 3 stars. Cause it has a cool sound otherwise I would have only gave it 2
How do you even have an opinion on that? A few decent melodies buried in there, but all in all it’s a deluge of crap.
don't like
A series of poorly recorded demos and snippets by a guy that can't sing. A true must hear.
Favorite track: My valuable hunting knife. Overall score: 3.3/10
fín lög, hrátt. þó dálítið einsleitt en tilefni til meira.
Good ideas, but they all feel underdeveloped.
Eclatax
sympatoche meme si ya pas vraiment un son qui me reste en tête, ils sont tous sympa
музыкально норм но плюс слова и периодический нойз и пожалуй нет
Guided by voices are one of those bands that people seem to be really into but produce quite vague and generic rock, leaving me surprised that it can generate strong feelings in either direction in anyone. I really liked their track "Everywhere by helicopter" for ages, but it's not on this album. This album is pretty horrible. It was more lowfi sounding and experimental than i was expecting, but when it drifts that way it generally comes across as quite self indulgent. So the tracks either sound unremarkable or quite irritating. The 2 part harmonies seem to be heavily influenced by the Beatles.
I like the concept, I like some of it. The only issue for me is that there's far to many songs. The length is fine generally but it just keeps going and going and becomes a little boring. First listen was fine, second I'm looking at how long is left
Actually liked, but liked their eps that auto played better
Very interesting, nice melodies. I liked it, but nothing that really got me hooked. But I want to listen to it again, for sure.
Everyone's too hard on these guys but they've actually got a really good vibe going
I listened to this straight after Laibach, which felt like a breath of fresh air. Then I found it annoying and shut it off. Returning to it, though, I find it better than I thought. Some annoying bits, but overall not bad.
Decent songs. Many songs on the album weren’t songs at all but 20-30 second blurbs of random signing and music.
Really cool vibes from this album and I had a great time listening to it, however; none of the songs are particularly special on their own largely because they are all so short. Each song isn’t a cohesive experience in and of itself but rather the album is a series of interesting strung together ideas and sounds. This is an album I would love to get on vinyl and just let it play for some chill vibes. But none of the songs are good enough by themselves to put on a playlist.
Not bad, but nothing that really makes you go crazy for the album
pretty alright, lot of stuff going on. not sure if the distortion makes it better or worse. alien lands is a very accurate name. no standouts imo. most songs are too short to put in a playlist or something.
I heard this album for the first time about a year ago, and I really quite like it. I like the half arsed, demo quality and its low-fi sound. I’m not really a GBV fan, but I enjoyed this offering
Love GBV
Utter nonsense. Like others said, a demo tape with ideas that could have been expended on.
The artwork’s bad, the production’s frequently worse, all the best songs are barely longer than one minute. But this album still fucking rules. It sounds exactly like how it was probably made, with no rehearsals and a crate of beer, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. Alright!
A lot of weird, unfinished ideas. The songs seemed kinda short, and merged altogether. I get the idea that it is lo-fi, but the lack of polish could be really heard in this. It was... just not good. NEXT.
It's only getting a 3 because I like rock, and this is somewhere between indie rock and alt rock. DIY rock. But too DIY and spastic (too many songs at or under a minute), like they're intentionally trying to be weird or off-putting. Like the snores in Ex-Supermodel. I think they could've stuck to one aspect, like subversive or odd but interesting lyrics paired with solid rock hooks. Like in Game of Pricks, My Valuable Hunting Knife, Little Whirl, and My Son Cool. They ended showing they can be melodic with Alright. A little more of that please (with lyrics to go with it).
I've heard better bands play in a garage. In fact, it sounds like I'm listening to a lousy band play in a garage. A band that can't be bothered to write complete songs or play/sing in tune. Absolutely awful (especially Ex-Supermodel. What the hell is happening? Is someone moaning into the microphone? Snoring? Horrible. Also, Chicken Blows blows).
No, not for me.
Some interesting production on this. I enjoy the short length of the tracks and abrupt transitions, short yet substantial, feels like a tapas meal.
A lot of very short "vignette" songs. I'm sure these were more interesting back in the 90s but none particularly stand out at all to me as I've heard many songs in this style. A couple of decent songs but too sparse, too many more that didn't make an impression.
Really enjoyed this. A great lofi (ish) indie record, somewhere between Flaming Lips and Pavement. Ive seen these live before but only really knew Hold on Hope which sounds nothing like this record (in a good way for this record). I love how it sounds like a record full of ideas and short songs that a group of pals are playing along too. Very raw in a nice way. 4.5
28 songs, 41 minutes, minutemen levels of song numbers. Guided by voices can clearly write the sort of songs I like but I think if theyd chosen the best 12, fleshed out a bit and increased the production quality a bit it would be a nailed on 5. As it was, the best songs were over too quickly and the lo fi production didn't do anything for me. They have other albums so hopefully we get one that clicks better. It was still really enjoyable mind. 3.5.
If you throw enough sinks at a kitchen, one of them will plumb itself in. Lots to like - the majority of the tracks sound immediate and have lots of dynamism. Doesn't stick around long enough to be boring. Motor Away, and A Salty Salute were good. I listened to Chicken Blows when I was half asleep on the plane and was hallucinating the windows wobbling.
This was interesting. Wasn't sold at first but as it went on I was getting more convinced. It isn't all great and the reviewer that described it as flipping through a radio in a dream is pretty accurate! But it's got that kinda rough around the edges indie sound. Felt a bit shinsy at times too, which I feel like I say a lot. Never knew what to expect next. 28 songs in 40 minutes is good going, although I don't really remember the tracks feeling short. I'm sure there was one that sounded like it had snoring in the background. I might give this another go but I'm going to say 3.5
Greatly prefer Bee Thousand
I don’t remember anything about this album, truthfully. Upon skimming the songs for this rating, it sounded fine.
Whilst there were some decent songs on here, we didn't really enjoy Alien Lanes and won't be listening again
terrible. Disjointed, jagged, loose, lacking melody or focus.
Alien Lanes is at once defiant and self-sabotaging, full of glorious hooks and deliberate sonic blemishes. a lo-fi indie rock masterpiece—28 scrappy, hook-filled songs crammed into 41 minutes. It was darker and more chaotic than breakout Bee Thousand, so it was polarizing even among fans, besides being less commercially successful. While the album attempts to capture the band's live energy, it also reveals Pollard's anxieties about fame and the music industry. To me, this is a defiant, beer-soaked triumph of DIY spirit over polish.
Hidden gem
Badly played demo tape. If they'd taken the time to finish the songs, record them properly, arrange them in a sensible order and get in some session musicians to play the difficult bits they struggle with... Of course, that means I don't get the whole "lo-fi" thing. Fair enough. I think my take is, "if they can't be bothered... why should I?" 2/5 simply because if someone else decided to record some of these songs properly they might be quite good.
I find this boring to the moon and back. As if these guys don't have the talent and knowhow on how to craft a proper 3-minute song, so they just make each song sound like the sounds coming from switching channels until you see there's nothing on, so you turn it off. Maybe if it was an EP of a few songs, but even then, it would be shoddy. ⭐
2.5
Sounds like something you’re supposed to like. The weird cover sums it up well - roughly done, incoherent and artsy in an amateur way.
Some interesting stuff. But not really.
First album I came into completely blind and unfortunately I did not enjoy it. Feels like half baked Pavement without the melodic and lyrical inventiveness and the constant 40 second snippets quickly became irritating.
Felt like I was playing GTA looking for a good radio station that never came
I think I'm being pranked 😅
Nice.
This sounds like the bonus disc to an albums 30th anniversary deluxe edition. The work in progress songwriting demos.
Liked Game of Pricks, didn't like when he randomly says "faggot"
I am a little torn between 4 and 5 stars, because I really wish the production was better, for one. Second, the greatest strength of the album is also its weakness, that every song is one to two minutes long, and there are a lot of them! That concept makes the album keep moving, and there are so many great songs that, because of the format, never wear out their welcome. However, it also means we don't get to sit on songs and have them stick in our heads as much as I'd like to make it more memorable. But I already want to go back to it and also listen to more of their albums, because I did like it so much, and it is incredibly impressive how many amazing songs and ideas are displayed here - enough for multiple albums if they had wanted or if another band had written them instead. So, I'm going to give it 5 stars on this scale but would probably do 4.5.
Guided to the exit.
how is it possible to make a record about aliens that is this fucking crap
I thought this was pretty cool. There’s a sorta dusty/fuzzy mix that is applied across the board that adds to the immersion and a cohesive sound across the album. This is despite not really knowing what you’re going to get from track to track. It was cool and is something I could see myself revisiting and appreciating more.
God, this is awful
I didn't really understand this album but at least it was relatively short
This was ok, lots of short songs, I’d listen again.
No excuse for an album in 1995 sounding this terrible except if it's on purpose, and I generally don't enjoy being trolled when listening to music. The two that come to mind are the (I think) snoring sounds on Ex-Supermodel and whatever the vocal effect on Chicken Blows was. It was all very irritating and tried my patience. There were a couple of decent tracks in there sounding Kinks influenced, but hell if I can remember which of the 28 tracks they were. I won't listen again to find out.
Really liked this. Clearly some of the songs were incomplete, or were demos for future songs.. but as a relatively shorter album with so many tracks, it showed several different sides of the band. Also cool to see they were from Dayton, OH as that’s where I live. Going 4/5 but may raise if I revisit this/their wider catalog
An album full of extremely short songs that blended together so well I didn't even realise I'd breezed through the entire album. That said nothing really jumped out at me, though the entire sound was so similar to stuff I've heard in the years since. 3/5
3.5/5
I like the idea of this way more than actually listening to this.
They may be one of the godfathers of slacker rock, but there's a little too little rock and too much terrible singing for me to get behind. More Striped White Jets, Blimps Go 90, and Alright and this gets a stronger consideration from me. 2.5/5 down to 2
There's a lot to like here, but I don't know that it comes together as well as I'd like. I don't give bonus points for being from Ohio, but it is neat that we've got these folks. 3.5 stars, rounding down because I'm self-conscious of how many 4s and 5s I've given
New rule I’m identifying from past votes (c.f. Nirvana) and this one. Any album by straight people that involves casually dropping the f-slur for no real reason gets a 1 star vote.
Can someone tell me why I hated this
I'd heard some of these tunes before in much more polished form. This almost sounded like a demo tape but I still enjoyed the short, almost sampler-type nature of the album. That said, there are a *lot* of forgettable tunes on this album, so you drown a bit in quantity vs quality. A few bangers on here, so won't go below 3 on it.
1,5
3.5 I did really enjoy this! I listened to it twice all the way through. My only thing is I SO enjoyed some of the melodies and songs that I wish we could have stayed with them a minute or so longer! I get that isn’t their style, but it’s also what made me less on board with it!
Never really listened to GBV but I can see the appeal.
I think my brain fell out. I can't keep up with this. What is happening? Wait. That's a guy snoring. Whyyyyyyy Half of this is really good. A quarter of it might have been had they finished it, and the rest is either just weird for no apparent reason or a bit shit.
lot of little ideas here, fairly enjoyable but feels demo-ish
What is with all this low quality, shit sounding albums? WHY ARE THEY ON THIS LIST???? Were the writers of this list high? Losing faith in this list
Loses its steam part way through. I hate the snoring shit so much.
7/10
Tracks mostly sound really enjoyable, just ruined by the production for me.
It's alright. Nothing more.
The top rated review of this says that it sounds like flipping through AM radio in a dream. To me it sounds more like flipping through student radio in Dunedin. I get it, mainly because I was at a NZ university in the late 80s and early 90s, and saw Tall Dwarfs, who clearly were an influence on GBV. Giving this a 5 because GBV acknowledge the TD influence. If you like this and hadn’t heard it before now, give Tall Dwarfs a try.
2 Stars (5/15)
it's ok, nothing more.
Ca révolutionne pas l'histoire de la musique mais ça s'écoute très bien.
Fairly enjoyable. Not sure I understand the hype here, but I’m sure it hit different back in the day. At least it’s short.
There were a few decent tracks, but overall this didn't really hold my interest. 2.5/3
I feel like I should like this more than I do. The concept behind it is very good. I just have a hard time understanding what the lo-fi aesthetic is adding. I went and found hi-fi recordings of a few of their tracks, and I much prefer them. Oh well, it's their choice. 3/5
This is a very interesting album. A high volume of short songs means lots of room for expression and experimentation. There are a few songs that flop, but otherwise this feels like a really strong example of the music of the 90's.
Some interesting ideas for songs. Looking forward to hearing when it's finished
Incredible album everyone should love.
On of their best, though perhaps note as catchy as others. Still high threes.
Very short songs. I had to restart a few times because I would walk away and then didn’t really realize when it ended. I couldn’t make out what was special or unique about it or why it was on the list but I didn’t hate it.
Not bad, but not as engaging as the other 3s
Had 10 hours of school, came home and had to listen to this, my headache got WORSE. This is BAD. This is if the Beatles were absolute unbearable shite x
28 really lame song ideas. That’s all.
I liked this well enough, pretty fizzy and melodic
⅛★
Sounds like a weird demo tape. 17 second songs, many of them sounding unfinished.
Grand, some good tracks
Looks like a drug induced mess, sounds like a drug induced mess
I like their sound, but each song is far too short. It drove me mad
Completely understand people being put off by the lo-fi nature of this. But there's something addictive and cathartic that just connects. Game of Pricks is one of the all time greatest pop songs too.
It’s like listening to a trailer for a longer album.
Music is subjective yeah? I get that. But there's some much I didn't enjoy about this, short tracks....I settle in for one, try to get my head around it, then it ends. Next one...etc etc etc. The quality of it, honestly thought there was something wrong with my speaker....this is lo-fi is it? Just do not know what they were pitching here, found it pretty miserable and needed a real lift after it and a cold shower!! I guess, some out there love it, fair play to them as artists, they must have made a stack of cash from it at a very low budget & hopefully enjoyed themselves, but jez!
It's funny that Music recorded in a basement flat sounds so crap Like Beatles unplugged raw , real , rugged
So many questions about this one. Why are all the songs so short? Why do most of them sound Beatlesque - except the one that sounds like Status Quo?
interesting...
This album did absolutely nothing for me—I’m honestly surprised it made the list. It lacks standout moments, the hooks are forgettable, and the overall sound feels like a generic take on ‘90s indie. I struggled to find anything worth revisiting. Favorite song: Couldn’t pick one. Least favorite: All 17 tracks. Album artwork: Cool cover, though.
Not bad, feel like you have 5 albums in 1. Unfortunately nothing outstanding. This will remain an interesting album but forgettable.
Interesting introduction and I needed a few runs to get used to it. I really like their musical style. But most of the tracks don't feel like complete songs. They feel kind of unfinished like on a demo-tape and a bit unambitious and therefore the whole album can sometimes be as annoying as tik-tok. It's a pity because there is enough potential on this for a proper album with 8 to 10 full songs and at least a four stars rating!
Not sure on it's production yet, will give it some more time, some songs are so different to others. Some of it is quite good, Beatleish. The longer songs are really good.
Interesting enough idea I suppose, good for my modern attention sp...ooh a bird!
Mostly a very frustrating listen, with occasional high spots. It felt like a sequel to Flood by TMBG but not as fun.
First? 3/5 Again? 1,5/5
iTunes preview merchants (also where the hell was the drummer for 80% of this record?)
I sort of felt like this was a demo tape. Lots of good ideas, none totally fleshed out. The short songs are kind of neat, but I wish there were fewer songs that were stronger. It’s like they needed a good editor!
considering my comment in yesterday's review: oh. this is where. ok. Very funny coincidence - not only is this influential underground rock, it's made of fragments that were in many cases used by other bands to build songs. Easy to imagine hearing these on college radio and going hell yeah!!! & gettin real excited. Lots of great hooks to steal if you're writing a song in need of a hook. music: appreciated. (⌐■_■)
Really dwelled on this one for a few minutes. It feels like it could be a 5, but that might be because I’ve incidentally had a run of stinkers on this list. Very cool, very strange, love a lot of the snippets that sound like part of a fuller song but then just kinda end. Suspect a lot of them actually wouldn’t hold up as well as full songs, even though they rock and sound like they would.
Uhhhhh.....this is an album? There's like 45 second songs that sound like rough demos rather than anything else. Not into it at all. Just a lot of noise. Not it, not even a little bit. Sounds like something that is played at that really overpriced record store and you just think to yourself "i can't believe people listen to stuff like this". But they're just playing it because it's 'cool'. Different yeah, for sure. But cool? Good? No thanks. Some songs are honestly ok. Closer you are should be a full length song. not 2 minutes. For those that like it - good for you. You're cooler than me I guess
I'm confused. Is this an album or just a collection of what sounds like unfinished demos? The songs end randomly and all sound way too similar. The lead singer's voice was very grating at times. As the album went on I hated it more and more. This album sucked.
Do I think this is better than most albums on this list? No. Does it pale compared to more polished albums? Probably. But I like it, because I've always had a love for unpolished, demo-sounding albums. I like the Mountain Goats, of Montreal, Car Seat Headrest, and this feels like the same tradition. Not objectively up there, but subjectively it is
Nah, just not for me. I like lowfi, non perfect vocals etc, but this was just extremely mediocre to me. Don't get the hype, maybe I give it another listen see if I missed something
Incredibly good collection of sweet little song ideas, all thrown together into a melting pot of lo-fi guitar fuzz.
This has a lot of snippets of things that could really go somewhere. I know it's the vibe they are looking for but I don't know whether this is brilliant work in progress or just a bit lazy. It's listenable though. And it is what it is.
This was a tough listen. Sound quality almost AM radio-ish. That may be a compliment. Was hard to get into the music because it seemed like a garage band. Other than that💯loved it
Sounds like cruising around in a 1970’s boat of a car with a bent antenna picking up AM stations from Canada. There were no power windows, just like there was no production on this album. Both are fine, just not great.
I don't like the "garage" sound very much. This leans into it a lot. It's a sound that faded after the 90's, and I prefer what I would call its successor, "bedroom pop." I guess it says something about the last 30 years that home recordings went from a very lo-fi, aggressive sound to something a lot closer to a true studio. I guess it also says something about the the last 30 years that even garages are too fancy for a lot of artists now.
L'ho ascoltato senza accorgemene, non penso sia un bene.
Another discovery from the 1001 Gods. How on earth have I never heard of this lot when they have released zillions of albums? Had a problem keeping up when listening. By the time I had waded through the album track list when hearing something I liked they had moved onto the next song. With amount of album’s and individual tracks on them you’d argue that Alien Lanes are dealing in quantity rather than quality. If this album is anything to go by (because I’ve no intention of listening to their complete discography at my stage in life) I’d probably agree with the view of quantity over quality and that more is less. Having said that there are one or two brief moments of joy. Just wish these tracks were longer. 2/5 2/2/25
Generic indy 2.5
I was familiar with one of the songs on this album, so I figured I'd probably like the rest. Nope. Not really.
3.5/5
Sounds like a bunch of demo ideas from voice memos
It's lo-fi rock, but not exactly punk and/or garage rock. It's pretty hard to get it either musically or historically important, but I can't say I didn't enjoy it at least a bit. I guess some rate between 2 and 2.5 is fair enough for an album that costs 10 bucks (according to the Wikipedia page).
3.5 stars. Rocking and fast and fun indie rock. 28 short tracks squeezed into standard length record. Obnoxious snoring layered over noisy "Ex-Supermodel" was only song I'd skip in future. Standout is leadoff "Salty Salute".
Gear: Fostex TH610 Artwork: 🏜️🥁💊 Production: 🧏♂️📏💩+👂🔪🩸=💀 Music: 🌀⌛🛌 Rating: ⏹️/5
How is this an album? It feels like fucking around to get some ideas that might some day get on an album. Worse, I had zero interest in most of these ideas. The ones that were a little interesting were too few and too insubstantial.
This album is a shotgun, not a rifle. That is to say, a barrage of many short songs fired with the hope that at least one of them hits the target. They all missed.
Enda fördelen är att det är 28 relativt dåliga låtar samtidigt som speltiden enbart är 41 minuter. Det är ju bättre än 2 relativt dåliga låtar med samma speltid. Jag skulle ljuga om jag sa att det här var bra. Det här är bra.
Yeah, this sounds like this cost about $10 to record. Another crappy 90s record I never needed to hear
In most contexts, 41 minutes isn't a very long time at all, albums included. But within that little, precious amount of time, Guided By Voices sketch up an entire little universe. Like in a kaleidoscope, each vignette offers a glimpse into a different place and time, each with its own ideas, emotions and moods. Still, the album never sounds disjointed or unfocused, the whole thing being held together by its meticulously executed DIY ethos.
Fine. Genuinely couldn't tell at times whether it was from the 60s or 90s
Well, at least the songs are short. 3/10
This is one of those cases where I admittedly laughed as soon as I saw what I got today. This is a collection of 28 short songs, six of which get past the two-minute mark. Not to mention, this is a lo-fi album that you can tell only cost ten bucks to record with the grainy straight-from-the-tape production quality. Add to that, Guided by Voices are known for their brief songs that usually end abruptly, which is what I noticed from listening to Alien Lanes as songs tend to stop just as they're getting good. This is a shame because I can hear how Robert Polland has a knack for writing good hooks, and he and his band played decent enough to pull them off. Tracks like "A Salty Salute", "Watch Me Jumpstart", "As We Go Up, We Go Down", "Game of Pricks", "Motor Away", and "My Valuable Hunting Knife" showcase some strong ideas influenced by the British Invasion sound that simply needed a little more time in the oven. Although, other tracks were ostensibly bad - the grainy snoring that overwhelms "Ex-Supermodel", the burbling of the vocals on "Chicken Blows", and especially "Hit" which the most it can muster in 23 seconds is the drop of the derogatory f-word used against homosexuals. Ultimately, Guided by Voices on this record sounded like a group of lads that had a lot of potential but were given a lot of creative freedom without any guidance. From the looks of it, Pollard would reform the band with various lineups, work with producers, and embrace longer songwriting than can reach the 3-minute and 4-minute mark. I respect the man's hustle. As for Alien Lanes, cherry-pick your favorites and go from there.
My initial thought on hearing the first couple of songs is that I really don't like lo-fi. It's muddy and crusty and not at all pleasing to listen to. But then I heard a few songs that had potential, and I tried to shift my perspective to what was going on musically, rather than the production value. I'm still not a fan of lo-fi, but it's not horrible.
I will never listen to this album again. What a mess. The recording is like something off a Fisher Price cassette tape recorder.
I don't get it. I checked some of the reviews by other people, and it seems that some people love this, but I couldn't find anything to love in it I'm afraid.
Thankful for the brevity.
If I could go back to the 90s, and park my car somewhere that I could pick up multiple college radio stations on the AM dial (some of them with a good deal of static), switched to a new one every minute or so whether the current song was done or not, and captured it all with a handheld cassette recorder, I imagine it would sound a lot like this.
Better than I thought it would be. There is definitely the air of a demo tape about the album and I would have preferred if the songs were more fleshed out, but I did enjoy the lo-fi production and think this album will grow on me the more I listen to it.
A decent collection of rock songs, it's okay.
Had some enjoyable and interesting moments, but I feel like the format hurts this album a bit. Never could really get into it, maybe I'd need a bit more time. It sounds good in the moment, but I literally don't remember anything from it.
This album is kind of a mess. There are some songs that make it decent but they end so quickly that you don’t even get to enjoy it before the sound completely switches. I don’t think the vocalists work well together. Some of the instrumentation is good but again it’s fleeting as the songs are so short that it changes to something completely different in a flash. It just doesn’t flow all that well. I had one song of theirs from a different album saved on my phone before listening to this and it’s so far different from this album I was very surprised to see it was the same group. I’m sure it’s considered a foundational indie record and that’s why it’s on the list but i personally didn’t love it. I think my favorite song was “little whirl” but honestly I might have gotten it mixed up with another song bc of the nature of this album. They use some interesting vocal distortion stuff on the last few songs, I can see how this album is innovative and could potentially be inspiring to other artists at the time.
This album is a real head scratcher for me. Why is it here? Why all the praise? I like lo-fi indie music but this is a bit all over the place, a random assortment of song snippets. Some of them are interesting, but most of them aren't.
Interesting. I will be listening to more of their stuff after this.
Som om et par karer med masse pils og en kassettopptaker skulle lage siste halvdel av Abbey Road. Det er noen fengende kule låter her, og i hvert fall i starten var formatet veldig digg for mitt ødelagde oppmerksomshetsspenn (er det et ord på norsk). Lo-Fi-en er sjarmerende, men etter de første 15 låter begynner sjarmen å avta litt Det er noen veldig fine låter her, men også noen bomskudd. Kunne hatt en runde med nedskjæring og endt opp med en veldig god EP. Favoritter: Game of Pricks, Closer You Are
Yeah, sure it's uneven, but it's right up my street. Love it.
they’re like that weather joke that people tell no matter where they live: if you don’t like the song, just wait 100 seconds
Beautiful rough
Idk this album came and went and didn't left a mark on me. Its not bad but its nothing more to grab to. It feels like a unfinished demo tape. But the Structure is kinda interesting somehow.
Seeing the sheer amount of tracks I immediately thought it would be a slog because overly indulgent long albums often are. But the album is only 41 minutes! For good and sometimes a little bad the songs are so short each if I didn’t like one it was over really quick, but that also happened for ones I did like! I could see coming back to digest this one more possibly.
Interesting
Nothing special. It's okay. Sometimes annoying. Sometimes good.
just noise bruh 😭
I kind of liked these jangly little ditties!
A Salty Salute 3.3 Evil Speakers 3.4 Watch Me Jumpstart 3.5 They're Not Witches 3 As We Go Up, We Go Down 3.2 (I Wanna Be a ) Dumbcharger 3 Game of Pricks 3 The Ugly Vision 2.8 A Good Flying Bird 2.7 Cigarette Tricks 2.5 Pimple Zoo 2.7 Big Chief Chinese Restaurant 2.8 Closer You Are 3 Auditorium 3 Motor Away 3.1 Hit 3 My Valuable Hunting Kniofe 3 Gold Hick 2.6 King and Caroline 2.8 Striped White Jets 2.9 Ex-Supermodel 2.4 Blimps Go 90 3.2 Strawdogs 3 Chicken Blows 2.8 Little Whirl 2.6 My Son Cool 3 Always Crush Me 2.7 Alright 3 Score: 2.928571429
To me this felt a bit like listening to unmelodic noise :/ I didn't like it, but I can see the appeal for some.
Nah bruh
2.5?
Just another below average rock album, never a good sign when Spotify starts playing new songs at the end of the album and all the new songs sound better.
There was a lot I really liked about this. Great fuzzy, low key vibe, but then they would throw in the most shrill sounds. Or the track that just has someone snoring overtop of it, what is that? Also, nothing stuck with me. I hadn't even realized I was on my second listen until I heard the snoring again. It wasn't awful, but I don't see myself ever listening to it again.
An interesting big of various ideas, but it lacks consitency and has a rough production
Base trash.
Ugh. Not good. I was bored.
So this album is on the list because it is a case study in why you should pay more than $10 to make an album, right? There were a few redeeming songs on this one so it isn't as bad as it could have been. But when you have 41 minutes for 28 songs the good ones are over too fast. Bad decisions everywhere with this one.
Hard to believe I’ve never heard them before. I think I could really like this if I listened more
"As we go up, we go down" was a song I heard once and loved... and never found again until now! Was not familiar at all with this band, but I really dig the absolute 90s of it all.
The only song I might like is Blimps Go 90 but even that one I can’t decide on
Some tracks were good, some not so much, can't give it more than a 3
Glad I missed this in 95
3/5
Don’t get it, quick but emotionless tracks. Got bored by the same sounding guitar patterns by the third single.
I opened this on Christmas 2024 and it definitely was not what I asked Santa for. 1.28
Försökte först lyssna på högtalarna hemma. Och stängde av med känsla, nej, orkar inte. Lyssnat i hörlurar sen dess och tycker nog det är bättre. Men det är en konstigt skiva. En miljard korta låtar. Ingen som mognar. Det är som små teasers till låtar. Vette fan. Helt ok bitvis. Men inget jag kommer vilja lyssna mer på. Och vette fan om det är så bra att det ena förtjänar en trea. Känner att jag hellre vill fälla än fria, mycket på min första känsla.
Lite kul koncept och det finns uppenbarligen talang här för en hel del ”låtar” och melodier är riktigt bra (en del skräp också förvisso men en majoritet har ändå nåt). I andra vågskålen ligger att det låter förjävligt, kombinerat med frustrationen över att de bra delarna inte fick bli de kompletta och ordentligt inspelade/mixade låtar de förtjänade att bli.
Rough, ready and raffish. Wonderfully gritty and smart garage rock for the modern age – one hears direct links from the Minutemen (and Husker Du) then this bunch then Giant Sand, say, or Slint or Car Seat Headrest more recently. One wishes they’d stayed with a few of the more promising melodies a bit longer perhaps, been a little grander in an arena rock sense, but the blizzard of engaging short tracks is, on the whole, a delight. One does not at all get Pitchfork's likening to prog rock; maybe the reference is to the indulgence on the track with snoring or the willful sort of obsscurantism here (like it wouldn't have been too difficult to make this a good bit easier to listen to. But they are low-fi legends nonetheless.
The great thing about short songs is that when they're terrible they don't last for that long.
I don't get lo-fi. These are demos. There are some good songs in here but they needed a producer and a pro mixer. I made recordings in my bedroom at 20 years old that had a similar quality. There are some good songs here, and there are some good song ideas here, but basically this feels like what you bring your bandmates when you're ready to make a new album, so you can all start working on it together.
Lots of good ideas in this demo tape, oh it’s actually the finished product? Oh, feels like a bunch of good ideas but not fully fleshed out songs
Excuse me. This was brilliant. No further notes.
Well this is another peculiar one. I expected to like it, but apart from a couple of brighter tracks the only thing that it has going for it is the brevity of each track. That said there was a couple of times (out of nearly 30) when I thought "Oh is that over already". But on the whole nothing special here
Wow, what a quirky album. Love the fuzzy lo-fi simple recording style. The songs are over so quick that you’re just starting to enjoy a melody or a mood, and bang, it’s done and they’ve veered off in another direction. I hear a lot of influences…noticeably The Beatles but on other tracks there’s a dollop of New Order/Joy Division and then Dinosaur Jr. It works for me!
This seemed like a missed opportunity. There were several potentially great songs on this, but it appeared to be a load of half baked ideas lobbed onto a record. I loved the Lo-fi production values, which reminded me of early Fall, but the ittty bitty songs should have condensed. Maybe this style was what they were aiming for, and fair play. It probably way ahead of it's time, and would have been perfect for Tik Tok's 15 second video clips or something shite like that.
A bit M'eh
The best part about this album is that it was over quickly. Wtf is so great about this lump of noise? Can't imagine it was particularly innovative or influential. 2 stars. Cause it's almost christmas.
GbV have made 41 studio albums so using my calculator have written 3.7 billion songs. Hit and miss as usual. But still joyous
Good grief. Who mixed this?
Well... that was an interesting album. Fortunately, it's definitely a good interesting album. It's kind of hard to compare Alien Lanes to any other album I've generated thus far. We have an album here comprised of 28 songs, which would make the album long if these songs weren't all incredibly short. The longest one is just under 3 minutes, and the shortest song lasts for a whopping 18 seconds, which is probably one of the shortest songs on this entire list. The rapid changing in song format and lyrical matter kind of reminds me of the Beatles White Album in a way, just way shorter. This is one of two things that give the album a demo-tape-like feel to Alien Lanes. The other thing is the production. The production here is very low-quality, but given the album's lo-fi nature, I'm assuming that was a stylistic choice. Honestly, I'd call it a good choice. I think the production gives the album a unique feel to it. I do think hi-fidelity versions of these songs could be cool though. The singing is solid, the writing is mostly decent, and the overall feel of the album is quite unique. I don't love this album, but I definitely respect it enough to see why it's here. High 3/5.
This is a bunch of musical ideas, none of which are explored. Anything good is quickly abandoned so that the next song can start on this far too many 28 track album. Had they dug into the truly good melodies and songs, and tossed the actively annoying tracks, this could’ve been something special. 2.5/5
2.5–was fine, no standouts probably wouldn’t relisten
Indie. Ni fu ni fa.
Indie rock, lo-fi,power pop ... un poco largo.
1
Surprised this is so early. Feels like a precursor to emo/indie/garage. Some weird hybrid. Some interesting use of sound and tone. But overall nothing really stood out to me.
Not too shabby for 90s indie punk-rock 🤘
I just can’t see why this is on the list. Nothing stands out about it
No strong feelings about it, but towards the end noticed the repetitiveness of lyrics and skipped a few songs.
While a 28 song album sounds intimidating at first, in true GBV fashion this is also only about 40 minutes. It’s a breeze through a wide range of genres, with some fleshed out songs and some merely snippets of ideas, and the instrumentation and stylistic approach is all over the place. It’s fun, it’s quick and to the many many points, but it’s difficult to connect too much with anything that’s going on
Descent.
This is the least remarkable music. It’s just 90s chill garage band. Most of the songs are the same with different words, but the words don’t keep my attention so it’s just the same fine for too many tracks. When I looked at the lyrics to try and give them the benefit of the doubt, it just seems like they’re trying to be deep and it isn’t connecting.
One on hand, it’s cool because this is the kind of stuff I’d never seek out on my own, much less listen to the whole album. On the other, I feel like it’s 2 am and my college roommate is asleep and I see his phone open to some voice memos of seedlings of songs that he and his band have been toying around with and I take a listen and shrug and think, “Eh, not bad. Good for him.” I don’t hate it, but I definitely don’t love it. These feel like the beginnings of song ideas, and the rug gets pulled out from under my feet right as I start feeling invested. But maybe I just don’t get it. This is probably a dream for folks with ADD.
It’s fine
I like it. REM vibes with an idiosyncratic track length, kind of experimental format, not super memorable but interesting and enjoyable.
you know, not everyone HAS to make music (valuable hunting knife tho…)
Pre-listening thoughts: lofi… oh… well Post/during listening thoughts: now why is this 28 songs?????! WHY? Give me one good reason why an album lasting 41 minutes needs 28 entire separate songs. Absolutely insane. Song length is giving that one episode of Zach Stone is Gonna Be Famous where Zach makes songs that are so short they are just ringtones. Every song is over before it begins. It’s so uninteresting. My attention span is deteriorating. Help me 3/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: oh definitely not Fav tracks: As We Go Up We Go Down Least fav tracks: The Ugly Vision, Gold Hick, Ex Supermodel (is someone snoring in this one?????), Chicken Blows
How did this get on the list of 1001 Albums you must listen to...? I put it on my list of Never liste to again.
Esse disco mostra a enorme importância de se ouvir um álbum pela sua ordem de produção e de faixas. Canções curtíssimas que se ligam uma a outra.
First listen to these guys, nice album.
Not one of my favorite GBV albums, but I do still have a soft spot for GBV. No song outlasts it's welcome (28 songs in 40 minutes). It's catchy. It influenced punk in odd ways. I'm here for it.
"Alien Lanes" is the eighth full-length album by American lo-fi rock band Guided by Voices. Indie rock, lo-fi and power pop are the Wiki-listed genres and they all fit. It was the band's first release with the Metador label where they were fronted $100,000 and they claimed to have made the album for $10 (not including the beer). The album received very positive reviews with one critic commenting "hooky rock that infuses songwriting smarts and a love of melody with a sometimes spiky, sometimes whimsical sense of experimentation." Guided by Voices is led by Robert Pollard (vocals, guitar, drums, percussion and the albums' producer). Pollard is joined by Tobin Sprout (guitars, vocals, bass, drums, piano, percussion), Jim Pollard (bass), Mitch Mitchell (guitar, bass), Kevin Fennell (drums, percussion), Jim Greer (bass, backing vocals) and Greg Demos (bass, guitar, violin). "A Salty Salute" kickstarts things. Thumping bass, tinny drums and a low-key guitar. Throaty Robert Pollard. Very lo-fi but very melodic and rockin' too. It's a drinking song...imagine that! A grungy, dirty guitar highlights "Watch Me Jumpstart." Dual vocals. Boy, these guys don't have issues with melodies. Pollard describes the difficult combination of the rock and roll and normal life styles in "As We Go Up, We Go Down." A song that builds with great backing vocals. The band's power pop melody comes to a crescendo in "Game of Pricks." 60's sound...an almost perfect song. Pollard warns of deceptive people. The band throws in distorted guitars in "My Valuable Hunting Knife." Also, a repeating guitar riff and percussion and that's about it. He's sick of everyone and wants to get away. Well, he'll need a hunting knife. "Striped White Jets" has driving guitars, cymbals and repetitive feedback; that is all. You know about 21 songs in, I said these guys need strings. So in comes a violin on "Blimps Go 90." A bass-led melody. Carrying the power pop flag and a little folkish. The album ends with the longest song "Alright" clocking in at 2:58 and mostly instrumental. Grungier guitars and bass. An over-laid power pop guitar. Normal band would have jammed on this for 10+ minutes....not Guided by Voices. This is a fantastic album. 28 songs in 41 minutes. The songs can be a thought, purposely cut short not completing a thought or just the right length. You rarely run into that category but I don't care...the melodies and hooks abound. For every OK song, there's two more right behind it that are great. I can't say I've heard all 40 Guided by Voices' albums but enough to call this one my favorite and their best. This is an album that everyone will find at least one or maybe 28 songs that they like. And play it loud!
Deed niet zo veel voor mij, bij tijden zelfs wat vervelend. Muziek was hier en daar prima, z’n stem stond mij tegen.
This has to be the worst; when you get the sound of the 90s, but it's just outright bad music. For starters, the album sounds incredibly bad. Like it was recorded and mixed on a toaster. With 28 songs crammed into 41 minutes, there is no way every song can punch hard, and it shows. Some songs are not that bad, but they drown in the rest that are mediocre or worse. Definitely quantity over quality, and that's not how I want my music. Think this deserves a strong 1. Could've gotten a weak 2 as well, but we've had some many twos and this is just such a boring album. Taking into account the issues with it sounding bad, and way too many songs, I think it cemented itself as a 1 star album for me.
This just sounded like a demo tape and embodies everything i do not like with 90s music. Just felt like an unfinished mess of 28 songs in nearly as many minutes. The sound sometimes isn't bad but I just wish it was more polished. I feel like I'm missing the point somehow.
Lo-fi rock with that uses a lot of short songs, some of which are like micro-tracks. Took me a few plays to warm up to this one but the sound is nice and there are some good hooks scattered throughout.
I knew "Game of Pricks" off this album, good song. I was also surprised that they fit 28 songs in 41 minutes. Overall, a solid 3 for me.
Got sick of this very fast, didn't dislike it enough to give it a 1, but it was close.
It was like The Decemberists and Uncle Tupelo had an annoying angsty teenage punk son. A band I always heard about but never listened to. I'm missing the hype they garnered.
I’ve listened to Bee Thousand a few times in my life and it never really fully clicked with me. This is my first time listening to alien lanes, and I really like it.
Seems like a bunch of unfinished demos.
Only got into GBV lightly. I’d think I’d like em better if their songs were twice as long and half as many per album.
If only Bob had a filter more GBV albums would be like this.
After a brief read going into this I had low hopes but this was actually not bad. Some good ideas here, but the thing with these albums is that the good ideas don't last long enough and they're interspersed with a few that don't make the grade. First half better than the latter half, but maybe I just got jaded.
Rotzooi bij elkaar
Day326 - i don’t know how i’ve never heard this band before but it’s right up my alley
Maybe they should have stuck to 'quality over quantity'.
Some of the inclusions in this book have astounded me.
You can really hear why it cost $10 in total to record. Basically a bunch of badly recorded, out of tune, short demos.
The music is worse than the cover, if you can believe that
Don't like the crappy production and don't like many of the songs either. Two stars from me.
This was super cool. Love the short songs - not everything was good though, some songs were downright off-putting.
It sounded like the band got high and went in the garage with just a bunch of parts of songs and just hit record and you know what? It sounds good
Listening to this album was like teaching someone how to drive a manual transmission: frustrating because you know how it's supposed to be, but also surprising because you didn't know your car was capable of performing in such weird ways when an amateur is in charge
Groupe inconnu. Cet album est bizarre, on dirait qu'il est constitué uniquement d'introduction de morceaux. Donc aucune idée musicale n'est développée ici ... le résultat n'est pas très intéressant. =>1/5
Mér fannst þessi plata skemmtilega tekin upp. Pínulítið hrá og fersk. Því miður voru tónsmíðarnar líka hráar og þá voru mær leiðinlegar frekar en ferskar. Sem betur fer voru lögin stutt og þetta kláraðist frekar fljótt
Excellent. Can't believe I hadn't heard this
There are enough good short songs here for 4 stars and the weaker efforts are too short to hate. B-.
i kinda fell in love at first sight, it would be a five if the sound quality was better cause it was kinda painful at some point, and if there were fewer but longer songs
Some little gems throughout but I’ll never understand albums with LOADS of short songs.
It’s not surprising that a lo-fi 28-song, 40 minute album is a mixed bag, but that almost adds to the chaotic experience. The best moments really stand out, and while not every experiment pays off, the ones that don’t only last at most two minutes.
Meh. I like the sound, but 28 songs in 41 minutes? They all sound like "Hey, we could do something with this." They are all unfinished.
This album just didn’t move me in anyway. I wasn’t a huge fan of their sound, and each time I started to get into a song it was already over. I heard some lyricism that seemed interesting and thought provoking, so that’s worth mentioning.
Pulls off a mix of lo-fi and noise that doesn't seem likely to succed but does. The longer songs are great and the shorter, experimental tracks make a fun work to be appreciated as a whole. A little short though, only totally a measly 28 songs. Favorite song: Blimps go 90
some nice pop songs in here
Mostly very short tracks, like song ideas that never grew.
Never heard it before; I will probably never hear it again.
What’s most surprising to me is that, given its utter tunelessness, its tiresome, nonsensical lyrics, and its intentionally miserable production quality, taken as a whole, the piece is still moderately interesting! Well, not that interesting. I get that fleshing out any of these rather-jingle-sounding sketches into something resembling a legitimate song would ruin the whole aesthetic, but I rather wish they had tried.
Mehh
28 songs in 41 minutes? Impressive. Starts off not terribly, but what is that background noise? Not terrible at all. Not something I'd listen on a regular basis, but not offensive to my musical sensibilities. Ex-Supermodel - is someone snoring in this song? Ok, it's beginning to get mildly offensive. Still, not the worst bodily sound to include in the song. Wasn't terrible overall. 3.5/5, kinda want this site to have granular ratings (stars are just silly), but oh well.
好短好diy，说实话这样根本就不完整…
I saw that this album was described as lo-fi, but jeez, is it ever. At their most polished, the songs feel like demos. At their least, they're vaguely melodic noise. This album is 41 minutes, yet there are 28 songs. Only five of them hit the two minute mark. None of them hit three. The lyrics are exceedingly offbeat, usually approaching word salad. This is all obviously an artistic choice, and I get it, but it doesn't exactly make for a great listening experience, at least not for a whole album length. There are times when I start to like what they're doing, but by the time I realize it it's already over. That said, there are some tiny gems on here. Frankly, they're puny! But I do like it when they harmonize. It reminds me of 60s British Invasion stuff. Despite everything, it wasn't a slog to get through. They definitely kept me guessing at every turn, and I can appreciate that. Fav tracks: Game of Pricks, A Good Flying Bird, Blimps Go 90, Chicken Blows, Little Whirl, Alright
28 songs in 41 minutes; that's something. Most of this strikes me as noise rock, which I don't love in most cases. I know it's intentional, but it largely sounded messy to me. I'm sure the "raw" sound works better for others, but I was glad to be done with this one. 1.9
I didn’t find much here to grab onto, but I respect the number of songs and the ability to keep it brief. Though, I do wonder if the brevity of the songs is what allowed it to wash over me. The distorted garage sound hides any brilliance that may lurk.
i liked this, i thought it was a vibe, can’t complain
Smooth, mellow, nothing stood out but was enjoyable
1.5
really good idk why the ratings for this are so low this website slacker rock is such a good genre. feel like more rock focused cindy lee album (particularly Diamond Jubilee, listen to that album its really good) really does feel like old rock radio station late at night as small child (so like early 2010s for me. if that makes you feel old its cuz you are)
Нормально
I have other stuff to do today so my heart sank a bit when I saw there were 28 tracks on this album. Then it rose a bit when I saw that despite this, it was only 41 minutes long. Then it rose a bit more when I heard delightful slices of melodic lo-fi alt rock like As We Go Up, We Go Down and Game of Pricks. Then it sank back down a bit as the album went on. There are some nice little bits and pieces here and there but it kinda feels like a bunch of demos/intros of varying quality thrown together. Is that really what constitutes for a 'must-hear' album? Even though I'm not sure it warranted inclusion, I am thankful that the generator finally introduced me to the music of a band whose name I've heard several times before. 2.5
Sin comentarios por ahora. No es ni malo ni bueno pero nada me llamó la atención.
No, thanks.
Mixed bag. Probably would’ve enjoyed it when young.
He intentado encontrar el genio en GBV, pero hasta el momento se me ha escapado.
Pretty rough. 2.
super cool album. very much my aesthetic. love the lofi production and love the format - basically an album of little graces of power pop perfection. nothing stays longer than it has to, a lot of it goes before you want it to. super catchy. i'd heard of them before but never explored their music. i'm definitely returning to this one!
A perfect set of mini songs that each pack a punch of their own. Such a unique and entertaining album!
Raw and edgy or just poor production? I’m not to sure to be honest.
"Guitars are out of tune, drums are off beat, it just sounds like a bunch of dudes who have no idea how to put together a cohesive song. I probably miss something in this album, but it felt like listening to a draft composition from a bunch of teenagers, in constant pain... "taking the words of another reviewer cause this is how I feel. There is one good song on this album and It's called "Game of Pricks" and it's almost as if this one was fleshed out fully... oh wait
Pretty decent, didn't overstay its welcome.
Propper Indie.
frustrating but peerless
Each song is quick and dirty, almost DIY. I wish some of them lingered a bit longer though.
Would have been 4.5 if I could. Amazing record that is one of my personal favourites, but falls just shy of a 5 because I didn’t fancy it twice in one day. I think a 5 should be an almost instant repeat maybe? Either way, great stuff and the best entry point to the band for sure Best track - Game of Pricks