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Pretty good overall. I don’t know if there’s a standout track I’d put on a mix, but I enjoyed listening to the entire album. Almost too clever for its own good in an indie rock ‘00s way but they never drove the van off the cliff.
Somehow Dirty Projectors passed me by when they first came out. This is really good though, I probably would have been into this. Oh well.
This was a little uneven for me. Some great moments that I really enjoyed, but also some moments that didn’t land.
Oh cruel fates! You give me this and Joanna Newsom on the same week? I hated this with a fiery passion when it came out, but it wasn’t so bad this time around. Definitely beyond over-hyped, though.
IDk kinda random
Alright album. Not what I was expecting from DP
hm, war mir zu weich....schwer zu beschreiben, wie ein weich gespültes Florence and the machine Album
nein danke
Trotz der schlechten Bewertungen war ich versucht unvoreingenommen reinzugehen und dachte vielleicht trifft es ja genau meinen Geschmack. Hat es nicht.
Honestly wasn't expecting much from this. Remember listening to it years ago, and not liking it. But enjoying it quite a bit this go around. Some songs have a kinda twee, Led Zeppelin-esque indie rock vibe to them that I like, particularly a song like Temecula Sunrise or The Bride. Stillness is the Move is probably my favorite.
If we can’t have Fiery Furnaces on here I guess this’ll do. I’d rather have 1001 crazy big swing experiments like this on here than all the bland Brit Pop and repetitive electronica nonsense we usually hear.
I'm a big fan of the vocals on this album. I like how there are often multiple vocalists, or the same vocalist tracked multiple times, swirling next to each other to create something more than a traditional pop song. While there are moments with a single lead singer, the absence of the group vocals makes those moments stand out more. Underneath the vocals is a mix of guitars and electronic effects that are a bit too slippery to ever form into songs with notable melodies or grooves. The guitar tones are interesting, but also a little challenging given the angular sound they produce. Some songs like "Two Doves" almost sound like something normal, but not quite. I like this overall, but I think the difficult music makes it a bit too hard to fully enjoy it.
Discordant but not completely, as if they’re trying to reinvent music and almost succeeding. It scurries across a lot of genres and never really lets you forget it’s there or drift for long. This might’ve clicked another time, though it’s growing on me.
Millennial crap
Im running out of words to describe how bad some albums on this book are. Its tiringly pretensious, the singing is so shit, the songs are a fucking mess. Nothing make sense in the worst way possible. Unique =/= good/5
Longstreth channeled the band's complex arrangements into more accessible territory while retaining their sharp edge. The intricate guitar work is a blend of "King Sunny Adé-meets-Jimmy Page". Amber Coffman and Angel Deradoorian were utilized for clear, engaging pop melodies rather than abstract background texture. This is as a successful shift from an avant-garde outfit into a compelling art-pop group.
Couple good songs but this is kinda all over the place
Da fuq? and that’s being nice…
It's fine. But sometimes a bit eclectic for the sake of being eclectic, which I don't mind musically, but the vocal stylings wear me down a bit.
This sounds like something from a conversation with your weird hippie friend who implores you check out this band because "they're not mainstream" or "none of that pop song structure crap" and then you listen to this
I don't know what to think about this. Appreciate the skill and talent, but this music does nothing to me emotionally
Well, I am shocked this is so poorly received on the site - I think this is one of many great American indie albums from the late 2000s
I'm pleased records like this exist, though it's not completely to my taste. I enjoy records that are a bit on the 'challenging' side.
An American band on this list?! I've maybe heard their name once or twice but never listened to them. This is apparently considered their masterpiece. Research says they're "known for one of the more genuinely experimental and unpredictable catalogs in modern indie rock" Experimental for sure. His voice blows and got old fast. His vocal gymnastics on the first 3 songs are self indulgent, someone's apparently been singing in the shower at home all alone for a long time. Song 4, "Stillness Is The Move", with the girls singing, was a breath of fresh air. This is the indie sound with alt rock vocals that I was hoping for - no coincidence it's the most listened to track with almost 10M listens. I didn't know the word "Shine" could be stretched to 5 syllables. He's just an annoying vocalist. Masterpiece my ass. Below average and not Top 1001 worthy. No hits, no airplay, no legacy or longevity, no hooks, no influence, no nuthin'. 2 stars.
i kinda thought it was good guys...
A truly unique album that I’ve loved since it came out. The female vocal duo is just amazing and is crazy how well they complement the more “out there” approach to the songs
Descending Minor Third -- The Album
Overall: 6/10 This is a strange album. There were parts of it I loved and parts of it I REALLY did not like. It was at it's best when it slowed things down. Fav Song: Two Doves
Not awful but a bit meh, I think.
Not heard much like that. Hopefully i won't again
Very 2009 coded indie
Weird and interesting wailing
Sorry to say that this didn’t find any place within me. And I tried.
This was a tough one to rate. There was some challenging songs but some really beautiful vocals throughout. Overall I enjoyed it, although I would be hesitant to listen again
I hate this. I cannot focus on anything else as it plays, so good job there guys. The mixing/levels are just horrible, sounds like seven unrelated tracks playing at the same time. Lacks musicality.
I was scared because of the reviews but this jumbled mess of noise somehow works for my brain.
I see why this has very polarising reviews. Would I willingly seek this out again? Probably not. Was it fine while I was in it? Yes. Playlist add: “Two Doves”
Una obra maestra del art pop y la vanguardia contemporánea que ha envejecido bien como un referente insuperable de audacia formal y arquitectura polirrítmica. En el plano de diseño formal, la producción alcanza una precisión matemática donde las afinaciones complejas, las percusiones secas y los juegos corales configuran un entretejido que da claridad y lleva a otros mundos, permitiendo que cada quiebre armónico y asimetría rítmica resuene con una nitidez deslumbrante. La interacción vocal e instrumental despliega una fuerza y calidez que transmiten autenticidad pura, otorgando a la agrupación una autoridad superior dentro del indie rock del siglo XXI. El recorrido es fascinante: desde el hipnótico inicio de "No Intention", los compases irregulares y extraterrenales de "Temecula Sunrise" y la dulzura camerística de "Two Doves", hasta la dualidad de "Useful Chamber" —capaz de relajar y activar simultáneamente—, las polifonías envolventes de "Remade Horizon" y el coro suspendido de "Fluorescent Half Dome". Mención especial merece la perfección adictiva de "Stillness Is the Move", cuyas guitarras y juegos corales resuenan en lo más hondo de la percepción, consolidando un documento conmovedor y profundo que opera como un sutil llamado a la conciencia sobre la quietud en medio del flujo vital. Una obra de riqueza inagotable cuya constante sensación de paz y fluidez la vuelve óptima para múltiples usos, destacando como un catalizador formidable para potenciar el trabajo creativo, la conducción o la reflexión solitaria.
This album pissed me off for some reason
I like this. It's a weird vibe, and can be overly chaotic and some points definitely overly so, but in hindsight it's alot of fun. It's trying to be all over the place, and it does it well. It combines so many sounds, instruments, effects. The closer was my favourite, the nice and relaxing synth wave was a perfect way to ease you out of this charming chaos.
this one was killer
This was amazing
I have listened to too many of these crappy indie albums for this and so one needs to pay the price. This is just one uninteresting track after another.
Thought this was pretty cool. Definitely taking some chances. Original
Truly unique and weird
Really cool project, I want to revisit this again I have more time. Garage rock, some math rock feel
What even is this genre? I only half-liked one song.
Sounds experimental. Imagine what didn’t make the track list. Remade Horizon is a good song. Thankfully, only 41 minutes long. What am I missing?
This one didn't connect for me. I didn't find it awful or unbearable, but I just kinda bounced off it and forgot about it when I finished. I'm having a hard time describing what I didn't like about the album, but it just wasn't for me.
The problem with experimental music is it's often heavy on the experimental and light on the music. Nothing about this is memorable.
Didn't like it. I can appreciate being an experimental band, but it won't always be good.
not for me
I’m not really sure of what to do with this. Not appealing to me at all.
I’m always a little confused when an album from ‘’my era” appears on this list yet I’ve never heard of it. Just gave it my first listen, and I possibly see why. Doesn’t fit it any other genre from the 2000s. Suspect they like Kraftwerk a lot as there is definitely overlap with the whole art disco stuff from the 80s, and the German in the album title is likely an unsubtle nod to that. Whole thing comes across as a bit pretentious
This was really good, like a mix of alt-J and Young the Giant
this was so good i think its my favorite new album i listened to so far like some of those songs rly scratched the itch
This is not an easy album. It is interesting and complex. I like some of the stuff ("Temecula Sunrise", "Stillness Is The Move", "Two Doves", or "Fluorescent Half Dome"), whereas I find some other tracks a bit boring towards the end ("No Intention" or "Remade Horizon"). This is one of those albums that are likely to grow on you as you keep listening. That being said, I don"t really like the male voice (for some reason, I find him kind of annoying). Overall, this is between 3 and 4 stars for me. Tough one.
When this album came out everyone (see: critics) raved about it. I gave it 2 listens and it didn’t click. Never listened since. Played today and I still don’t get it. Perfect album to use as an example for editing this list.
Didn’t enjoy this. Never heard of this group. Won’t seek out any of their other music.
So some of the instrumentation work is ok, but the vocals and lyrics.. is a nope from me. So please Orca, put this out of my misery.
Unpleasantly weird. Bitte orca? Nein panda.
I don't know what all these people are talking about, this album rules. I love a pop album that throws the kitchen sink at the wall and sees what bounces, and this one does that. And it bounces! One might even say it bops.
Pleasant indie
I enjoyed the patterns of music, almost sounded as if sections of two different melodies were playing through certain tracks, very cool. That being said it got a bit samey which knocked it down a few stars
Interesting but also annoying.
Idk I think this is really cool. I especially love the drums on here. I'll give this a low 4
Some cool music but the vocals were just too much for me
I love the inventive arrangements of this album.
This brings me back to my time in Brooklyn in the late aughts. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not. I probably saw dozens of bands doing something similar, but these were the ones that "made it." And by made it I mean got Pitchfork's blessing. Those were weird times man.
Disjointed noise attempting something artistic and accomplishing little more than a migraine. 1 or 2 songs with any redeeming musical quality on the entire album. Overall, this album was painful to listen to.
Not much of an impact. Just meh.
I didn't know what to think about this recording. It was so many different things. I sometimes wanted to turn it off then it would completely change. I probaly won't listen to it again but it was an experience.
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That was eclectic, weird, but delightful
Unfortunately, my experience with Bitte Orca left a bitter taste in my mouth. I had honest, optimistic expectations going in. The cover looks cool. I like the whole modern indie-electronica-pop thing (even if the sound hasn't aged great in retrospect). But this one just kinda left me unimpressed. There's shades of genuine production talent across the record, but it's all drowned out by this bland hipsterism that smothers the most interesting parts of the compositions. It's disorganized pop that fails to be the sum of its parts. For one thing it's a lyrical mess all the way through: "Your hair is like an eagle/Your two eyes are like two doves/But our bed is like a failure" is an 'intelligent' biblical reference, but you don't get free points for parroting loud birds on Arabian trees. The scraps of electronica are sophomoric, the typically indie guitarwork is soporific, and the lead vocal delivery (the lyrics withstanding) leaves much to be desired. You can feel it's trying to be clever with all the changing time signatures, but the effect is less Zappa and more baffle. A lot of the tracklist is carried by the excellent harmony work on the women singing in the back, who do an excellent job with what they're offered, and also the drum-work which from a technical perspective is pretty terrific. But those standout performances just make the lack of cohesion even more stark. It end up sounding a lot like a self-indulgent ego project, a smidge too hipster-ish, which is maybe a bit mean but wholly fitting. Maybe it's a bit unfair - 'roughly twenty years old' is the worst time to be re-examining old art. It's in that awkward pubescence between fresh and classic. The indie-pop sound hasn't had the time to mature in the public conscious yet, and so it all comes across as old-hat trend-chasing. I can see myself going back and liking something similar to Dirty Projectors if they changed up the format, because there's a wealth of songwriting talent here waiting to be extracted, but here it wasn't. Disappointing. Fav tracks: Stillness Is The Move
NON SONO RIUSCITO A FINIRLO PERCHÉ MI SONO INCAZZATO. COME FA CERTA ROBA A FINIRE SULLA LISTA IO NON SO. CAPIREI SE FOSSE USCITO NEL 1950 INFLUENZANDO IL ROCK/FOLK A VENIRE, MA COS’È STO SCIACQUAMENTO COCULOSO. “TWO DOVES” CARINA DA USARE COME COLONNA SONORA DI UNA STORIA D’AMORE COME QUELLA NEL FILM “UP”. NEL RESTO CI HO TROVATO POCO, SE NON SUONI SLEGATI E NOIOSI. 1/5
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I’m a sucker for this album, although sometimes I think it’s a pile of hipster bullshit.
Guys. At some point you have to stop drinking.
Interesting album, quite enjoyed almost all of it
Very interesting. Nice new find. I had never heard about them before
From the name I was worried this was going to be another 90s generic alt rock band. But it wasn’t and I really enjoyed it. Very different and creative.
I liked this. I can't really remember any of the songs, but I can remember that I enjoyed it while it was playing.
It’s alright but it doesn’t do anything special Easy to listen to and I don’t mind listen to it but I also can’t say this would be my first choice 3/5 Favorites: Temecula sunrise, two doves
Not my bag baby
Bad
This brought me back to an album that I forgot I enjoyed as much as I did. That I forgot it...but it is still a fun album. A firm 3 - enjoyable listen but a day later and besides "Stillness is the Move" I feel it already beginning to fade.
It's really weird, not gonna lie. But I do respect the boldness
interesting . Sound a bit like Belle and Sebastian but not as good.
All of the songs just feel so un-cohesive. 2/5
Yeah not that into it
24
Ikke for mig, anstrengende omgang
Et af de mest cool albums jeg nogensinde havde hørt i 1g
Now That's What I Call Rasmus-Core Vol. 2
Not at all as bad as some of the other reviews make it seem. Kind of a spikier, more chaotic Fleet Foxes vibe.
This shit sucks ass
Thoughts before listening: I have heard songs I enjoy from this band before, but I have also often found them to be too weird for their own good. I don't believe I have ever listened to a full album all the way through, so this will be a first for me. Review: Yeah my memory of these guys mostly being weird, out of tune warbling over angular, frayed pop instrumentation holds up. I was 28 when this came out in 2009 and very much into the indie rock of the day. Yet despite being praised on all the sites I followed, I just couldn't get into these guys. They have some decent ideas and melodies, but all of the songs just end up falling apart for me. I will say however that when this ended and Spotify started playing "similar" music it was banger after banger. I am not opposed to the whole genre of "late 00s era indie rock", I just don't really like these guys. 2-stars
- DNF (1.4/5) - cannibal resource hurt to listen to - This is weird - Dirty projectors reminds me of something (quarrel) if I had to say something nice about this album… - Bad bad not good :(
A little weird, but had some enjoyable moments. But those enjoyable moments were often undercut by some annoying repetition or beat. Shame, could've been a lot better.
What if Talking Heads was no fun and their singer sounded like he had a ponytail? That said - I love it. When they stop being so cold and abstract and have some fun electric guitar it’s pretty great. I wish I wasn’t rooting against the dirty projectors on principle for being annoying.
what if Grizzly Bear got more abstract then hired an Elvis Costello impersonator as their frontman?? lots of nice syncopated beats alongside that early '00s indie hipster tumblr aesthetic. 3.5/5
Did not enjoy. I don't think this will age well. It's that arty indie sound where no-one can really sing.
A mess. Initially reminded me of Metronomy but the disjointed, disorganized structure is of most of the songs on this album becomes very annoying. Struggled to get through. 1/5
Meh
Cacophony for cacophony's sake.
This is an interesting album. It's definitely unique, and I get the feeling some of it is unique simply for the sake of being unique. Sometimes it works, and other times it feels like the experimentation gets in the way of the songs. I enjoyed parts of it, and I could see this being one of those albums that grows on you with repeated listens. If I had more time to spend with it, I might come away with a higher opinion. After 2 1/2 listens, though, I just think it's okay
What a mess this album is. There was definitely a lot of potential, but I've never heard an album that lacks cohesion quite like this one does. There's just way too much going on at any given moment, and you have absolutely no room to breathe with how the chaos is completely constant. I am definitely one to appreciate experimental music, but this is exactly how not to do it. Genuinely cool ideas on display, but they are presented in one of the worst ways possible as I'm just left trying to figure out what the hell I'm hearing.
Enjoyed this a lot, quite minimalist in places, lots on interesting tunes and jangly acoustic guitars
Listening session: july 17th, while chilling at home Listened to before: no Thoughts: this is just indie music that tries too hard to be hipster Favourite track: Two Doves
Not bad
Pre Listen: Based on the year and album cover, this looks like it'll be more millennial rock slop. I haven't heard of them. Low expectations. Notable Tracks: Temecula Sunrise - Good guitar work, very pretty. Not a fan of this vocalist thus far however. The Bride - The vocalist is doing his best to sound like he just got kicked in the balls as he sings. I started really disliking him here. Two Doves - Another highlight on the album. Very pretty sound, just like Temecula. Post Listen: Ack, another album I have conflicting feelings on! I really loved the female vocalists, they have great voices, but they're just oo-ing and aa-ing for most of the songs that feature them sadly. The male vocalist on the other hand sucks! Grating and annoying 9/10 times. For both however, the lyrics are pretty meh. The instrumentation overall was a little varying as well, it was good for the most part, but had some weird or drab moments. Good variety in them though, and I always appreciate that. I just couldn't connect with the vibes of the album overall. I didn't have a least favorite song, nor a favorite, it was just sort of ups and downs throughout. As a result, I'll stick with a middle of the road score. 3/5
It's fine and consistently so. Nothing really bad here but whenever I enjoyed a song I could tell I wasn't ever going to listen to it again. Little tidbit but I really like the album cover despite it being pretty simple conceptually. I don't know this is probably the best two I've heard so far.
Quirky indie
Slow alt pop with good vocals
It's all very interesting, but ultimately not very entertaining.
I do like this. It’s interesting and different. My issue is there’s no continuity to the songs. Every time I start to get into it the beat changes or something. I think it’s an acquired taste. I love that. It’s original though.
At least they tried to make something different but it’s annoying. They yodel.
If I could give half stars, this would be 2.5, because it feels like the definition of average.
very odd but i like it
I appreciate that it’s something different. Experimental, even. But it’s not profound.
Don't know why this is here?
2009. The music contained within the album "felt very much about colors, and their interaction," and that the music was written with the notion of the band, as a whole, in mind. The album leaked to the internet two months before its official release.
I found this irritating
Pretty mid, and an uninspiring listen. This list more filler than killer 😒
What if indie rock but having a lot of weirdness and not a lot of catchiness?
My first experience with Dirty Projectors was hearing Stillness is the Move. I did not automatically go out and buy this album after I heard that song but I did listen to it for what feels like 1,000 times. It is the one of the worst ear worms that I've heard and while I write this I know I'm more than likely going to listen to it a few times. For me, this single song is the reason I'm giving this album 5 stars. I love the jangle, I love the disjointed song structures. But that one song man woof, 11 billion stars. This was the first Dirty Projectors albums I bought I used to keep up with them but have fallen back into my love of Grindcore and I'm sure I'll swing back this way soon once I'm doing listening to all the great Grind and Metal Core albums that have come out in 2026.
3.5/10 Well that was annoying
Eh this has some interesting bits in it, but I have no idea what it wants to be. Some individual tracks have consistency but as an album its all over the place. What is the point of this, what is it aiming for. I have no idea, but I feel like it missed. 2stars
This is just too experimental and sonically random for my taste. There are flecks of interesting songs in here, but buried for me in a lot of needless chaos and unstructured rambling. No stand out tracks. Rating: 1
This was a fun new find. Erratic and disorienting at times, but energetic and fun and compelling.
Like a good hipster Xennial, I liked this when it came out. Today i found it mostly unlistenable. “Stillness is the Move” is still a bop though.
weird alternative pop that seems like it was made for a particular audience. The type of person that has a mustache tattoo on their finger and only drinks craft beer, artisinal everything, and an incredibly insufferable personality. I cant be mad, I think in 2010 I wouldve forced myself to like this because its different. Its all disjointed as hell, its like the singers are on a different track than the music behind them.
Enjoyable but the lead singer has an annoying Devandra Banhart quality to their singing that I found annoying after awhile. Still I enjoyed this one overall
Fjórði þristurinn er í röð, og þessi er rúmur. Næs gítarsound og söngur, oft skemmtileg lög og fín stemning. Ekki nógu eftirminnilegt í fjarka, en ég skal glaður hlusta aftur.
Some quirky unpredictable tunes but wasn’t mega fond from the first listen
Atrocious vocals, it felt like the guitars and drums were not playing in time of each other on most tracks I’d be annoyed if I went to see some crappy band playing at my local pub on a Sunday night for free played this bad, no clue how this is on this list 1
I kept trying to like this album but most of the times that I was close to getting into it something would happen and I was turned off. But there was a few times where it all clicked and it was great. 5/10
Täyttä paskaa, oli tuskaa kuunnella. Ei-kiva paluu päivittäisten albumien kuunteluun
Aivan kamalaa musiikkia 1/5
vaguely jeff buckley influenced indy rock. It's ok...
I've seen a Temecula Sunrise before. It's beautiful. I will not be listening to this band should I ever find myself there again.
My gf asked what my album of the day was today and I described it to her as "awful 2000's hipster crap".
Interesting enough. Some fun bits.
I've heard about this album for years and it sounds like THIS? I guess in 2010-2015 I would have been all over it but this is like all the stuff that annoys me about genres I like rolled into one album.
Weird but weirdly enjoyable. The band name was familiar but that was all I knew about them.
Before today, had two songs liked: stillness is the move and no intention. As I remember it, this album is never quite fun enough or interesting enough, but it tries to be both and ends up unsatisfying on both counts.
Kind of impossible to describe, but I enjoy it. The album crams in so many ideas and moves in so many directions that it should be annoying, but instead becomes fascinating. “Stillness” is the best track, certainly, but especially the first half has compelling moments. Yet this is something I would not ordinarily select for my listening, so I can’t honestly rate it that highly.
This sounds like 2009 but I like it
Weird without being interesting
It takes a little time to grow into itself, but it became pretty enjoyable as it went along. Not something I'll probably revisit, but interesting enough.
Have I listened to this album before No How familiar am I with this album Unfamiliar How do I feel about this artist? I don’t know them at all Pre-Listen Thoughts: I’m guessing this is gonna be a little experimental Favorite track(s): Cannibal Resources Post-Listen Thoughts: Interesting, not my favorite but OK
Propositions musicales intéressantes en théories, mais l'impression constante qu'il manque un truc. L'album est banale et je ne peux pas citer une chose que j'ai vraiment kiffer, mais en même temps ne m'explose pas les oreilles
I like music where the musicians play the same song
2 albums and counting today (trying to catch up ) Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca I bought this when it came out but haven’t listened to it for 17 years. Good album, a little arty but the tunes are there. Probably won’t listen to it again though Standout track: Stillness Is the Move ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Not the sound I was expecting, the album set reminded me of something else I guess. Sounded familiar, as in I think a few other bands that came a little later have a similar but improved upon sound
bad
I’m in the bathroom of the Thought Lot taking a wet leaky crap while a college freshman at the sink takes a moment to reflect on their polycule relationship with their professor and other classmates. This is playing off of someone’s iPhone X in the stale next to me. It’s alright.
Super catchy and a little wild
Am I burned out from listening to five albums a week? Am I growing bitter with age? I respect the sparse instrumentation and enjoy the way the vocals intertwine. However, the songs themselves leave much to be desired. There is something about quirky, millennial music that doesn’t sit right with my soul
Plinky slinky rinky dinky...these words rise in my mind, almost mystically. The four most talented (and most insufferable) kids in your high school choir started a band together, and they're singing a cappella—a song you don't know and may never know—each with a hand over one ear (ie that guy from Parks & Rec). In fact, my high-school gf might love this (no disrespect intended). Impressive? Occasionally annoying? Thesaurus lyrics? Not much to cling to? Again, no disrespect intended. I know this band from before...2017...I wore out their song "Up in Hudson"...I'm listening to that one now, and you should too.
Absolutely garbage. Nothing new or original, sounded like a wannabe Beatles cover band, with some 'experimental' stuff thrown in, which translates to making stupid noises and strumming guitars randomly. Didn't enjoy anything in this really.
Completely non-cohesive and muddled, like they were attempting 5 different genres, time signatures and emotions in every song. Just made me angry listening to it.
instead of "potential saviors of rock and roll" today we get "pretentious indie classics loved by pitchfork". but in general im so confused. i dont know what a score shall i give to this. maybe a 3?
Annoying! Jacob Collier vibes
A bit quirky.
I groaned when I saw this was my album for the day because I was definitely hitting up Stereogum on the daily in 2009 for my music news. I had memories of not liking Dirty Projectors and I was ready to hit the 1-star button. I listened all the way through again and I've softened my stance a little bit after almost 20 years. I think at the time there was a lot of music covering some of the same ground that probably made me less receptive. There was Animal Collective, Tune Yards, Grizzly Bear and Dirty Projectors all putting out music but now in 2026 I can conveniently forget all of the minorly overlapping elements. 'Stillness is The Move' is definitely the standout track for me. If there is anything worth hearing or remembering about this album it would be that one. There are interesting parts in a lot of the songs I just think maybe they needed to be worked over more. We're far enough away from 2009 that I feel like there are tropes and recording sins of that era that make me cringe now. It's kind of like when you hear a song from like 1987 that has super gated snares and chimes that could otherwise be pretty great. I don't know if this would go on my own 1001 list but I do feel like I need to go back through their albums and see if I missed anything I would like.
Yeah it’s weird. Weird is cool. This is fine
Este tipo de rock experimental ya me di cuenta que no es para mi, me han tocado varios grupos y realmente no les encuentro el gusto...
Better than Coldplay
Drivel, annoying at best, fucking awful at worst. I can't see a redeeming quality of this album. You can't argue that it's been influential so deserves its spot either, thus has stood out above everything to be the bottom of the list.
Just didn’t get it.
Quirky, progressive indie pop. Interesting and occasionally moving, but ultimately a bit too intentionally odd for me.
Not for me
This album could be fine if someone told the man singing in a falsetto to stop. Clearly everyone in this band thinks they are so amazing they have lost the ability to be objective about their work, because anyone who has ears should have known The Bride was garbage and should have been recorded over. Experiment, be weird that is fine, it often pushes music forward, but not every single "experimental" thing made needs to shared, sometimes it's garbage and it is ok to admit it is not good. This album severly suffers from a lack of anyone knowing how to edit the work, some of the songs are good and others make you question your decision to listen to anything on this list.
Ihan ok meininkiä, useampi vokalisti. Välillä räikeitä rytmissäpysymättömyyksiä mikä ei tuolla tavalla iske laisinkaan.
IDK I kinda like the whimsy!
Remember kids, don't let a pesky detail like "I don't know how to write songs" stop you from writing songs.
I gotta say this album felt like it was specifically designed to meet a lot of my regular complaints about other albums while still being “not really my thing”. The best example of this is I’m always complaining that albums need to take bigger risks and incorporate more variety or more creative originality. This album definitely has that, unfortunately it still didn’t really work for me. One of the biggest obstacles for me is I don’t really like the vocals. Far from the worst I’ve heard, and definitely not the worst vocals on this list, but I still found it underwhelming in that capacity. I’ll just cut to the highlights, the songs I liked were “stillness is the move” and “no intention”. Both of these songs I think did the most with their creativity, while the other songs had their moments but I didn’t enjoy any of them at bough to save. I’m glad I gave this album another chance cause I really hated it at first, but it’s not THAT bad.
What an weird but beautiful album. It's like if Bang on a Can All Stars went pop. I never really knew where it was going to go next, I still can't really wrap my head around it
Orchestral and funky at the same time. Strange operatic vocals. Lyrics grounded in reality are juxtaposed with otherworldly sounds here. Love it.
I'll listen to again
Giving this 5 stars to protest the triggered boomers who can’t deal with shifting time signatures, vocal harmonies and lush string arrangements. I still prefer Swing Lo Magellan to this but Longstreth’s immense musical talent is undeniably on display here. Anyone scratching their heads should listen to the bonus live tracks and witness how skillfully these difficult electric and vocal arrangements are performed acoustically. Only a musical genius could have conceived of them let alone performed them. Sorry, it’s just a fact.
I hadn’t listened to this in years, and wow, what a treat. Intricate, complex guitar work, clever drums, crazy vocals and harmonies. A really cool record that over-performed my memory of it.
Hadde likt dette mye bedre hvis det ikke var for han kisen som synger.
Dette var en kjip opplevelse å tvinge seg igjennom
Dette fikk æ bare ikke til. Vanilla Ice versjonen av Beyonce, No4 vibes, og ingen låter som ga meg behag i øret. Skal være litt snill og trekke opp siden platen var relativt kort.
Irriterende artpop. Finner ingenting jeg liker ved dette.
I only listened to half of it. It was fresh and fun and the musicality was interesting.
No Intention was a pretty sweet song. The rest was fine, but nothing really stuck with me.
Grabs your attention but too clever for its own good by Stillness. Really a 2.5 but I'll bump up due to its newness to me.
As decisive as beefheart . Experimental pop. I might like it but for his voice
Adoré. Je me suis pas ennuyé de l'album. Les jeux de guits sont superbes.
Eyuugh
Some of the songs very much remind me of my indie teenage years - quite experimental really upon full listen!
It's a pretty good album. It combines rock music with pop to get this synth-y rock sound, although some of the songs are more pop-oriented. Overall, it's a decent album.
Experimental but annoying.
Not an artist I was familiar with before. Really interesting listen. I hear influences from all over the place but the make the sound theirs.
It reminded me a bit of foster the people. But it went off the rails really fast. I don't know if I like it or dislike it. An interesting album nonetheless
Hurt my ears Best Song: N/A Rating: 1.0/10 Stars: 1
Had never heard of this until today and I quite enjoyed it. Nothing groundbreaking but it did contain some interesting parts. I will have to give it a few more listens I think, it’s one of those albums that’s hard to rate with just one listen
It's just annoying enough to frustrate me. I almost like this.
Day876 - 2009 was objectively the worst year for music and this only backs my claim
New to me - I had dismissed Dirty Projectors as pretentious guff when they first came out. That snap judgement wasn't totally wrong, but quite enjoyed parts of this. Would listen again.
I had never heard of this, and I really didn’t like it as it started, it got mildly interesting towards the middle (bit depeche mode). Overall not great though
I enjoyed this overall, though the female-led songs were generally stronger (and I understand that this is largely one man's project with a revolving cast of band members). Maybe a bit Pitchfork-y but overall I enjoyed it.
Disappointing, dreary and derivative, one star. Superior to Petty, The Police, RHCP etc but not by that much. Tom.
Annoying af
It was good. It was very experimental and well executed 🫡👍. Overall, I would give this album a 3.9/5! 😱🌱🍃🌷🫠.
Wie Tropical Fuck Storm ohne das "Fuck". Also weniger wuchtig, aber mindestens genau so schräg. Hat mich stellenweise ganz gut unterhalten.
Hat mich richtig genervt! Kann aber nicht behaupten, dass das per se schlecht ist.
These guys really should've invested in a metronome and a few piano lessons. Frugal bastards
Definitely a creatively strong and opinionated album, which I appreciate. Not really my cup of tea.
6/10
Meh
The reviews for this album are pretty low, and in a way I get it. I’ve listened to Dirty Projectors some over the years (Swing Lo Magellan is an amazing, more accessible than anything here song) but I don’t think I’ve heard this one. On my first listen I was mostly not into it, but it had the feel of an album that demands multiple listens. I gave it a couple more spins and that proved to be very true. It’s musically very interesting, with some seriously out there guitar parts and weird harmonies and rhythms that work awesome. It’s like a Radiohead level of weirdness and technicality, but instead of a paranoid punk vibe there’s a sunnier disposition on the record. It’s an album that I want to buy on vinyl and blast through high quality speakers, there is a lot going on here. Stillness Is The Move is a banger and the highlight, but it’s full of really good songs. It could be a 5 for me with more spins.
I loved this so so so much. The last song was amazing. It’s just beautiful and cerebral. The vocals are amazing
reviews on this were so hateful and so fun to read. to be honest, i don't despise this as much as others apparently do. there were enough interesting musical turns of phrase to elevate this to 2-3 territory, but something about it all does just make you a little angry
Did not enjoy, the music seemed to go nowhere and the songs were forgettable.
The issue I have with art pop / rock, and I assume that this is what we have here, is it don't know what a bad example of the genre is. I like the songs in the middle of this album, but Stillness Is The Move and Two Doves seem to be collaborations. Remade Horizon is my favourite out of the songs with the man singing, as it appears to be the only song where he's sticking close to the tune being played by the musicians and the rhythm being knocked out by percussion. For most of the rest, everyone seems to be going completely rogue, with backing vocals bearing no relation to lead vocals in some of the songs. My favourite part of the entire thing is the last 30 seconds of the last song and it shouldn't be like that. Is this the best that art pop has to offer? I really hope not. A low 2 stars.
I don't think this is that bad, but its still hipster bullshit. Favorite track: The Bride 2.5/5
A couple of OK moments but a lot more WTF is this?
LOVED this album. what a fun discovery.
A bit stranger than the typical indie record, but still a good time regardless. 4.5 bumped up to 5.
I’m at a 3.5 that I’ll bump up to a 4, though I think I’d prefer to stay at a 3.5. It’s a good set of tracks. By the back half, though, it’s just not a very cohesive album, at least in terms of a natural track to track flow. Everything through “Two Doves” flows pretty well, and while it’s all a bit strange & slightly disjointed instrumentally, it has a charm to it. It’s trying to say something, but it doesn’t feel like it’s hitting the “big important artsy” vibe that’s stopped a lot of 2009 albums in their tracks on this list. It’s just got a fun experimental vibe to it, with some fascinating ways to frame things. “Cannibal Resource” is about the impending climate crisis being met with a universal expectation of constant familiarity from our lazy society. “Temecula Sunrise” is about the artsy hipsters taking over the rich neighborhoods of the world. “The Bride”... really doesn’t wanna get married, I guess. That one’s a bit eerie. “Stillness is The Move” is an anthem towards finding joy in being content instead of constantly moving upwards, & “Two Doves” is one of the more unique ways I’ve seen to describe a relationship starting & ending. It’s all verbosely written, to a degree, but the execution is tight enough where even if you can barely get the intent, the vibes just kinda hit right. It’s an album that feels like it’s challenging all sorts of norms, both socially & musically, and through the first 5 tracks, it succeeds well. With “Useful Chamber”, though, the way it packs its wide variety of genres into a 7 minute stretch is cool as fuck, but it just doesn’t feel quite as tight as the early execution in the album. It’s a good track, don’t get me wrong, but it’s a bit long & a bit too abstract. The concept of following a woman who sees the world with new & inventive eyes is cool, but there’s not enough meat on the bones to flesh it out in a more effective way. “No Intention” is where the album really started to lose me a bit; the repetition in the instrumental is one thing, creating a cyclical sort of musical tone, but it’s met with a cynical lyrical tone. I think the idea of “I think, but I am not sure if I truly am” is fascinating. It’s just not very effectively argued here, with thought & existence themselves boiled down to punishments & aberrations in the greater scheme of whatever life is meant to be. It’s too defeatist after the early “let’s revolutionize the world” energy the earlier tracks give. “Remade Horizon” is cool, but I had to use my imagination a bit more to really get something out of the track. The idea of being loosely haunted by someone you’re desperate to reunite with, almost to the point of a slightly broken reshaping of your world, is very interesting to me. It just feels like it needs another verse or two to really shape out the vision of the track, and match the same energy as earlier on. A track about wanting to reshape the whole world coming after a very defeatist one doesn’t flow very well though. “Fluorescent Half Dome” is about… something. I think it’s about wanting to go beyond the boundaries of perception & judgement, and still searching for a lover who will match that. It IS a cool concept, but the delivery just doesn’t feel like it has the same unique impact as it did earlier in the album. It feels a bit more forced to me, for whatever reason; something about the instrumentation just never clicked in a believable way, & the actual lyricism just felt too idealized for its own good, almost in a smugly achieved way. It didn’t really hit as a closing track to me. All of that said, the strength of the first 5 tracks here & the overall enjoyment borne out of this strange mix of eclectic styles (a hipster-y Beatles with Bjork’s sensibilities & a Peter Gabriel-esque loose prog lean at times) leaves me at a 3.5 that I’ll just barely bump up to a 4. I liked it! I do wish the album were a little tighter in the back half, or at the very least, stuck to its more appealing & consistent theme of a “quiet revolution”, but I do think it’s worth being on the list. It’s good, challenging music, done in a relatively digestible way. It’s certainly got more heart than some of the other 2009 albums we’ve had on the list & I’m glad I heard it.
No le presté atención, y aunque supongo que pueda ser por mi culpa entiendo que el disco en sí mismo algo tendrá que ver.
Sure
Had its moments, but not enough to linger long in the memory.
I really didn’t want to like this but oddly I did.
Caught between two states my friends will not recognise in me: honesty and generosity. I'm going to plump for generosity in that the creativity here isn't completely alienating and there's enough of interest that I might give it another spin. 3*
Bitte Orca was a genuinely agonizing listen but it didn't have to be this way. The instrumentation for the most part was not the worst and would have made for a decent album if not for the fact that they are paired with some of the most annoying and self-indulgent compositions ever. The sounds just come and go without any rhyme or reason and the vocals suffer from that exact same issue as well. All of this combined just leads to an album that ends up feeling directionless and annoying and trust me, those are not things you want your album to be (unless you're a troll or a sadist, i don't know). All of this leads to an album that tries to do a lot but can't do any of it competently. Best Song: Two Doves Worst Song: Useful Chamber
This is an interesting art rock/indie hipster album that kind of reminds me of Grizzly Bear with female singers. Fine in its own way, very angular, but without much in the way of hooks or melodic sensibility. I really like "Stillness is the Move" and the female singers contributions but, overall, found the whole thing kind of lackluster. And it definitely dies not deserve to be on this list.
There are a lot of albums on this list, and this is definitely one of them, that feel silly to give a simple star rating. I appreciate how brimming with ideas it is, and that sometimes leads to great results like on Stillness is the Move. Other times songs go on way too long for my taste and feel like a botched experiment. Definitely appreciated more than enjoyed this one
Having flashbacks to this being played everywhere I went back in college... Nonstop hipster praise. Honestly, wasn't as bad as I had remembered.
mediocre. it's trying so hard to be something more but it comes off as jarring instead of something actually interesting. it's technically skilled but uninteresting
Meticulously crafted, familiar, but weird. When I read the wiki page and got to the collaborators, I saw Joanna Newsom and Bjork. Yep, checks out.
started off so strong with cannibal resource but unfortunately my enthusiasm for this album faded from there. wasn’t super keen on the vocals 😥
Surprised this one passed me by as I am the perfect age to have fucked with this first time around
I can absolutely imagine BBC 6 Music listeners lapping it up—this feels tailor-made for that crowd: arty, angular, and just accessible enough to feel cool without ever quite settling into something straightforward. Respect it more than I love it.
Weirdo pop music. Abrasive in an unconventional way. It's not noisy or distorted or anything, but the way vocals blend with each other makes them sound very sharp. But that's about the only bad thing I can about it. It's a very creative record, with very interesting and unusual songwriting that never gets dull. It's definitely an album of its time (the late-00's), but that was a better time, at least for me. Key tracks: Temencula Sunrise Stillness in the Move Two Doves
His vocals aren't that good, the guitar is decent, the background melodies are nice, but put them all together and it's quite shit.
Not bad at all and quite interesting at times, but this didn't seem like the best pick for a 2000s indie album. Personally I'd go for Dear Catastrophe Waitress (although three B&S albums is too many), Turn on the Bright Lights, something by Neko Case, Spoon, or Rilo Kiley. Maybe those are more conventional, but then artists like Cat Power also did stuff that isn't on the list at all
Počúvateľné, ale vzťah sme si nezískali...
Some really cool arrangements and syncopations on this one. Not what I was expecting, but really enjoyed it. Highlights: "Stillness is the Move" and "Two Doves"
Very well…
Track 5 reaches acceptable - just. Most of this is dissonant and cacophanous with a highly annoying vocal track. Bitte - den Mund halten!
This is a very challenging album. None of the grooves are for free. Each song lays down the gauntlet for you to figure out how the songs move. Not always successful but I applaud the uniqueness and taking a big swing.
An exceptionally creative album with lots of interesting/experimental arrangements and production. Lots of cool ideas here. Will definitely listen again.
This was a strange listen. It was pretty much a random assortment of instruments that sometimes (but not often) made a consistent beat, with some singing layered on top. It was a bit too weird for me. It just didn't mesh well in my brain somehow.
Wretched. It’s like the lead singer has his nuts being grabbed by the girl back up singers with one hand while they throat chop each other with the other to create this symphony of discord.
Meh, it is just that. It is not the worst thing I have heard on this list, but very far from the best. Not sure twenty years from now this would even sniff a top 1001 album list. Nevertheless I made it through. 4/10 Top song Stillness is the move
I saw this band in concert a long time ago. I also have this album in my library but apparently I only listened to it twice and (clearly) didn't really absorb it. It's excellent. It grooves in such an off-kilter way. The vocals are immaculately arranged. The songs are penetrating and often beautiful. I kept waiting for the moment they were going to lose me and it never happened.
Indie nonsense. Like if Vampire Weekend couldn't write a beat.
Seguro en los dosmiles esto fue muy revolucionario, pero creo que el tiempo no fue generoso con el Bitte Orca. Algo fastidioso, también forzado, y en general una de esas experiencias indie con ruiditos y aullidos que no disfruto mucho.
This is the most interesting album I've heard in a long time. It was atonal at times, but not excessively, and always creative. The vocals (both male and female) and guitar were an intriguing combination that I'll come back to again.
I tried to get into this album back when it first had buzz because I liked "Stillness Is the Move," but it's too fussy and uptight, and mostly seemed too pleased with its own cleverness
Hearing this within two days of a pod of Orcas off the Northumberland coast is surely kismet. I thought i remembered Dirty Projectors music and not in a positive way. I was wrong however and actually enjoyed this. It’s nothing special but a good solid album.
I had never heard of this artist and, when the first track started, fully expected to hate this. Which, for the most part I did, but there were a couple of tracks I found tolerable. Really it’s 1.5* because of that.
I knew absolutely nothing about the album or the artist going into this. This was an extremely odd album, but I found something about it weirdly engaging. Some of the rhythms felt a bit traditional African in places, despite nothing else on the record fitting into that category - I was reminded of Ladysmith Black Mambazo a lot. I liked the female vocals generally more than the male, but I was pretty good with all of it. Also, so many handclaps. I like handclaps. This is getting a surprising: 3/5
Muy guapo
Hadn't heard this one before, but I found it pretty catchy and creative. "Stillness is the Move" was a standout track.
I am actually tired of the amount of 2's already spent on this project.
Quirky for the sake of quirky (5.5) ★★½
Quite unconventional, but nice. 4 stars
I think this is a really cool album. It's weird and hard to describe, but it also has some elements that feel familiar enough to make it an enjoyable listen. David Longstreth's guitar work is amazing and Amber Coffman and Angel Deradoorian add some really cool vocal elements. Highlights for me are "Temeculah Sunrise", "Two Doves", "The Bride", and "Useful Chamber", the ending of which is just bonkers. 4.5 stars.
I can see why the Orca was bitter. This is just a load of herky jerky, angular, twee Pitchfork indie nonsense with the same twiddly insubstantial razor wire guitar lick lashing through nearly every song. The male vocals are as grating as Sam Smith being fed through a cheese grater and the female vocals apart from a few nice spots on Stillness Is The Move and Two Doves were pretty annoying as well. Very nice album cover though.
I didn’t even notice as it went by
Weird, but entertaining!
nice enough
Never heard of this band at all. This is the best thing about doing this list, encountering things I would have never come across otherwise. This wasn’t bad. Quirky, somewhat innovative, and always striving to be original. Like many such albums on this list, it started to grate towards the end. Wouldn’t revisit, but was good for what it was.
Interesting and pretty fun. Not a 5 and maybe not even a 4 but Im rounding up from 3.5 to give them some credit.
Just boring, didn’t grab my attention
I liked the first part of the album, with its irregular, ethereal rhythms & instrumentals, but the album lost my attention in the 2nd part
dziwne idk 2 a 3
Nouveau… peut-être 2 ou 3 écoutes nécessaires
This album is so bizarre, but it definitely held my interest. I thought it was strange and unique and I didn't skip through any of the songs like I thought I would. I’m so confused by it though. I can’t tell if I love it or hate it.
Some interesting beats on this album and the vocals worked well with the slower, soft tempo of the tracks. These songs kinda faded into the background while I was working and listening at the same time. There wasn’t much that grabbed my attention, but when I was engaged it was fine.
Help me. After this album, I’m confused as to the difference between good musicians playing shitty music and shitty musicians playing good music… And, I think there should be a rule that, in order to be eligible for this list, the vocalist must be required to listen, at least once, to the accompaniment before recording or vice versa, a practice that clearly never happened here.
Different for certain, definately not boring. I don't understand what they are doing, or why, but I don't object. Songs are grounded by familiar elements but then the band goes nuts with all sorts of outrageous sounds and harmonies that transform the songs into something quite different. Pretty impressive and cool. I'm not entirely sure...but I think I liked it.
It feels like a messy album. Some parts sound good, and some just feel weird to me.
No es de mi gusto.
I like it as much as I did in 2009. A little too off-kilter/off-beat to be a pleasant listen, but I guess it's a good challenging listen.
Was alright, quite liked it.
Not bad, but not especially noteworthy. Sounded like a dozen other indie artists
I wish the 00s picks didn’t also have to sound so 60s inspired, but I don’t expect anything more from this list. Even for bands that sounded like this, this is not memorable.
My least favorite type of music from the late 2000’s.
A deeply irritating collection of overthought art-pop that sounds like exceptionally talented people competing to avoid writing a normal song.
Annoying. This is just an irritating album. It's trying waaaaayy too hard to be clever & quirky, without ever offering anything that interesting. The songwriting and flow of the record makes no sense at all, but you can absolutely imagine the band saying you're just not quirky enough to “get it”. I think I do get it, it's shit. It gets a point for Stillness Is The Move being a semi-decent song. 3/10.
I was really into Stillness Is The Move when it came out, but didn't really get into the rest of the album. I haven't listened to this in many years, and while I have a better appreciation for this work, the album as a whole isn't a favorite.
For some reason I really enjoyed this
wikipedia has this quote: "Someone was asking me about what I was listening to and I was saying "Oh, Dirty Projectors, I love the new album," and they were like, "Well what kind of music is it?" and I just stopped dead in my tracks and literally didn't know how to describe it. At first I was embarrassed because I didn't know how to describe it, but then I was like, this is what's so amazing about a lot of music now. There are so many different things and there's so much going on and Bitte Orca is so distinctly Dirty Projectors that I didn't even know how to begin to describe what genre it is, you know? " - Ed Droste and some of the reviews on this site are taking the same angle. Confused by that. This is clearly a poppier version of a lot of prog rock acts - you can hear Yes, Jethro Tull, Triumph, so on but heavily mixed with what indie rock / pop was doing at the time like Bon Iver or Tune-Yards. Anybody doing this list might have also been unlucky enough to be inflicted with a Prefab Sprout album and what they were doing isn't terribly far from what Dirty Projectors is doing. It's not nearly so incomprehensible, on either the Good or Bad end of the scale, as people are making it out to be. So is it good? Well, sometimes. The falsetto works for me on a song like Cannibal Resource and is godawful on something like Temecula Sunrise, but that song cold sucks. On The Bride there are sections of the song where it works and sections of the song where you consider devoting your life to damaging the dude's vocal cords. Same deal with relegating Angel Deradoorian and Amber Coffman to the sort of backing vocals thing they're doing. Both are better singers than lead dude but sometimes they are a fantastic accompaniment. Stillness is the Move and Two Doves are by by by far the best songs on the album and even then they make some weird choices I don't think entirely work Right, but is it good? I think overall it falls just short, but I went into this album expecting to absolutely hate it based on the description and kind of liked it instead. if this gets a three it's because I'm rounding up, if this gets a two it's because I get bad vibes from Longstreth
Nice little album
Es wirkt alles sehr chaotisch, disharmonisch. Dennoch können diese Arrangements nicht darüber hinwegtäuschen, dass die Gesangspartien sehr harmonisch und vielschichtig eingesetzt werden. Beim mehrmaligen Anhören verbinden sich die scheinbar gegensätzlichen Produktionen zu einem horenswerten Ganzem. Meisterwerk
This one's alright. From the looks of things, 2009 wasn't the best year for albums considering this is the last one I have for the project and none of them have been masterpieces. The closest one got for me was Merriweather Post Pavilion, which was great, but not quite excellent. Is this Dirty Projectors album close to being that good? No. Not really. It's not bad at all, but it's not on that level. This album's kinda weird in some ways, but in a way that I think is kinda good? It's not in a bad way, that's for sure. The album's production feels modern, but it's got this... fragmented style or something like that? It's on the quirkier side of albums. The vocals aren't my favorite, but they're not always bad. You've got some neat experiments here. "Stillness is the Move" is pretty solid. I could see someone really digging this, but I could also see someone else not caring for it at all. I'm in the middle. I respect this album quite a bit, though I can't see myself listening to it or any of its songs much in the future. It's good, but not great. Strong 3/5.
Slop
sucks ass
One of those albums where it's kind of hard to classify it by ear. Kind of pop but something more?
This album is a great mix of quirky instrumentation and unique melodies. I mean this record is loaded with bizarre time signatures that are difficult to follow and raw production which probably shouldn’t work but it does and it’s phenomenal. Overall just a very well produced art pop abum.
Long live the wannabe Beatles hipster shit ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Interesting music. Complex structures, nice vocal melodies. The other negative comment I can make is that I think it's the kind of music you need to be focused to really capture and enjoy. I wouldn't mind listening to more albums, but I wouldn't internationally revisit.