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4 por I See a Darkness. Merece la pena escuchar las veriones de Johnny Cash y Rosalía de esa canción.
Not available on Spotify, so I played some of his other stuff, but it didn't make an impression on me.
This album is very slow, very sad. Most of it just doesn't catch me, but the title track and "Death to Everyone" are incredible songs and on repeat when I'm feeling worse for wear. Those 2 songs along bump this from a 2 star to a 3 star
Hits notes and themes that I often enjoy. Just more cinematic than it was musical for me though.
I usually get through the challenges album a few times in the day, not this one. Apart from the fact that I had to listen to it through YouTube, being punctuated by advertisements, I just found it too miserable. I may not have been in the mood for this album. This just seemed too depressing with no sonic or lyrical payoff. Not today.
I don't want to go on and on about how annoying this was to listen to on youtube where the deep and emotional tracks are interspersed with upbeat loud ads for grammaly and KFC (the album is not available on Spotify Aus) BUT it does impact on the enjoyment of the vibe. I don't mind a bit of this style of music and I'd possibly listen to Bonnie Prince Billy again if I was in the kind of mood for some depressing pared back folk
Every minute felt like an hour.
Wow …. Heavy vibes from album…. I see a darkness best song!
Definitely a gloomy, contemplative vibe, but I enjoyed this quite a bit. You have to be in a certain kind of a mood to appreciate it. Not available on Spotify, but easy to find on YouTube. Fave Songs: Madeleine-Mary, Another Day Full of Dread, A Minor Place, Song for the New Breed, Today I Was an Evil One, Black, Raining in Darling
A beautiful album, not always 100% engaging but it's definitely beautifully sad all throughout. Fav songs: - I See A Darkness - Death To Everyone
not on spotify u bum
Chill Fav songs: I see darkness Death to everyone Madeleyne mary ;)
Weirdly good experience. It's sad and yet you feel compeled to listen to it more in depth. 4 stars
It wasn't bad but didnt give me much to work with
Sad it’s not on Spotify. A good collection of gothic and Appalachian sounds. Favorite Track: Madeline-Mary
It was kind of one note.
I actually kind of enjoyed this. Mild Sufjan vibes.
so far out of my wheelhouse with this one. just not my bag at all
Not on Spotify
Wow, what a drag. Felt extremely pretentious. Can't remember a single song to be honest. Maybe it's a bit harsh, but I just can't find anything positive with this really, will be forgotten in an instant.
One of my favourite songs in the last few years has been Bonnie Prince Billy's cover of "Rubin and Cherise" so was curious about this album. It was very different from what I was expecting. It was very lo-fi with sparse production. Not sure if I thought it was great but it had a few good tracks here and there. Enjoyed "Death to Everyone" the most. Just listening to this album I would've expected it to be released a few years later in the "Bon Iver" era. I feel this is an album that either grows on new or you get bored of, I'm not sure which. Going to give it a strong 2 for now.
6.5/10
Only listened to a couple songs because it's not on spotify and I was too lazy to track them all down individually on YouTube. Imagine this project 20 years ago.
Didnt enjoy this
I See A Darkness is quite beautiful at times really, even if it's not something that really grabs me musically because of how stripped back and vulnerable it is. It's a delicate sound that contrasts with the themes of the songs being so full of sadness and solemn. It's also very well-balanced to deliver that experience, like the guitar work in Another Day Full Of Dread is restrained and pulled back to fully tie in with the themes on the record. I'm not gonna listen to it back any time soon but I definitely respect it and appreciate that there are times where this'll resonate more with some people than others and it's very much mood-based in its composition, delivery and listening. Gets a 3 from me.
Enjoyed this, to an extent. Title track was great, there were a few others that caught me, but not quite enough for it to get a really good rating. It's quite Radiohead-y, probably more similar to their later stuff I think. Would probably be something that I revisited every now and then if it was on Spotify, but it's not worth the journey to YouTube. 3/5.
Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s I See a Darkness has that feeling to it. A late night, calm, introspective vibe. He captures that amazingly on the first half of the album, like insanely well. The production, the chords, all match so well with his matter-of-fact delivery and wack lyrics. However, te second half drops in quality a decent bit. Highlights include A Minor Piece, Another Day Full of Dread, and Death to Everyone. Speaking specifically about A Minor Place, the production is so mellow and solemn, but the vocals encapsulate the feeling and grab me out of my seat. It’s like im being held down and drowned in his music, and its awesome. All in all, I See a Darkness is a great album.
Grayed out for listening at Spotify. I was able to listen to it at youtube. Interesting. I like it.
Ok depression music
The opening track is my favorite. I heard this on the perfect day, it’s perfect when you want to lean into your sad/depressive emotions. Most of my music is usually much more upbeat so this was a great change of pace. I wish it was on Spotify Rating: 4.4
it's pretty, it's haunting, but it's a bit boring
Absolute gem, really enjoyed listening to this album although it wasn't available on spotify I managed to listen to it using yt :)
Shades of Neil Young, and the darker output of Leonard Cohen. The lyrics can be simplistic, but I think the mood is conveyed well through the sparseness of the music. Think it demands more than just one listen. Favorite tracks: "I See A Darkness", "Death To Everyone"
Nr. 146/1001 A Minor Place 4/5 Nomadic Revery 3/5 I See A Darkness 4/5 Another Day Full Of Dread 5/5 Death To Everyone 3/5 Knockturne 3/5 Madeleine-Mary 3/5 Song For The New Breed 3/5 Today I Was An Evil One 3/5 Black 4/5 Raining In Darling 3/5 Average: 3,45 Very melancholic songs. Liked this more than expected.
Melancholy. Never heard of this one before. Definitely gotta be in the right mood for it, but much more enjoyable than some of the bland 60s rock on here. Cool voice.
2.5 I have been putting off rating this one because I've tried to get into it a few times over a few days and kept leaving halfway through with "sad and boring". I finally got through it all and this is where I am landing but I am wiling to try again in the future. A Minor Place is dope.
pitchfork: 10/10 - no surprises there i see a darkness madeleine-mary
Not mine - He didn't get me with his music and lyrics
I'd never heard this man before but I dig! I don't know what it is that I like about this that wasn't there for me in Wilco. Just a vibration thing I guess.
depressing, didnt like the double tracked vocals that were kinda off key
Spare sound, emotional lyrics... I like it a lot!
Loved Death To Everyone.
"Death to everyone is gonna come and it makes hosing much more fun" Getting back on the album reviewing grind! This album was slow, sad, and milquetoast. I didn't mind any of the songs, but I wouldn't be purposefully putting them on to listen to either. This album offered very little unique value. Although the whole thing was unoffensive, I don't think that it quite warrants a 3/5 because of the lack of replayability. 2/5
eh fine. not on spotify so youtube kept interrupting songs with ads
Bleak, yet, at times, beautiful Folk album with a dose of Country sprinkled in. You definitively have to be in the right mood to apprecialte this. The music reminds me of Radiohead in their darker moments, or even of YOBs Beauty in Falling Leaves. Yeah, Tom Yorke would be proud. 3/5
Like some portal into the grey bruised sadness of Will's mind. But it feels good. Soft, touching themes to lay over rainy spring days where the temperature doesn't quite reach the promise. Headphone record to come back to.
this is one of those albums you have to be in the right mood to appreciate and relate.
1999 Genre: Indie folk, gothic folk Standouts: I See a Darkness, Minor Place, Nomadic Revery (All Around), Another Day Full of Dread, Death to Everyone, Black, Raining in Darling, Never heard this before. I absolutely love it. 4/5
So great that I got to hear this album! The cover is deceiving as I wasn’t sure what to expect. The music and lyrics are very mellow and flow very easily.
Heat imo
I've heard of Mr. Billy before but I never listened to him. I was immediately drawn into this album and was along for the whole bleak ride. My instinct is to give this a 4, especially since it's a first time listening but since the community score is so low it gets a 5. It might "earn" that rating on future listens anyway.
I listened to this on a pretty dreary day, so it was a good fit. Too bas it wasn't on a treaming service I have, so I had to suffer through ads. 4/5
Lovely, haunting and self-contained. Seems to set the stage for alt/psych-folk and emo, without replicating those genre's many and obvious sins. Opener and title cut are both particularly engaging. "Death to Everyone" is exhibit A of why quiet became the new loud and how to do it right, for max emotional impact. There's a tension in the vocals that nicely complements the edge on the playing, adding to the vibe of seriousness, of thoughtfulness. There's a sense of BPB doing it his way, if not quite full-on uncompromisingly.
Wow. This probably is an album that runs hot or cold with people but I was really sucked in. Very solid stuff, unique vocals.
Kinda dull
I find that folk/indie like this can walk a fine line between beautiful and boring. I think this is closer to the former. It's quite gloomy but not everything can be happy and positive.
Semisonic-like vocals and I heard a bit of Nirvana in there. Overall quite boring though and so, sorry, but I never made it all the way through (life's too short)
Not what I was expecting after reading the reviews i did. Was expecting For Emma, Forever ago Vibes. Got Leonard Cohen meets John Denver Vibes. Haunting in places but I expected way too much
It was alright, just a bit whiny
Meh
Found it morose and failed to hold my interest.
Couldn't get through this. Hard pass.
Nice if you want something to fall asleep to 2.5 stars
Not chicken dinner, but not chicken liver neither.
Not inspired.
It grew in me. Would rate it higher if I weren't on antidepressants.
mellow but with an edge. prefer this sort of style to Nick Drake, if that's even a compare. not sure I need to hear any more though
This is a tough listen. "Singing" out of sync. So alternative that it's cool to like.
4 por I See a Darkness. Merece la pena escuchar las veriones de Johnny Cash y Rosalía de esa canción.
Really weird and dark and I could hardly tell if it was music. Not sure if I will revisit this one.
Quiet. Dark. But tranquil.
Nope. Maybe I wasn't in the right frame of mind but I don't think I enjoyed any of this. It was so maudlin and the jarring with vocals grated, as did the energy-sapping guitar. I feel like I need a hit of caffeine after this.
Melodische ruhige Rhythmen mit einer markanten Stimme. Die Songs sind gut aufeinander abgestimmt und eignen sich den Hörer zu schnell zu entschleunigen und sich auf die wohltuende Klänge zu fokussieren. Es ist jedoch leider kein absolutes Highlight dabei.
I See a Darkness is a pleasant song. All in all not a bad album; some of it is pretty and relaxing. The singing is a bit too nonchalant for my taste and there are plenty of times notes aren't hit, I'm assuming intentionally.
1999 Genre: Indie folk, gothic folk 5/5: (None) 4/5: A Minor Place, Nomadic Revery (All Around), I See a Darkness, Another Day Full of Dread, Death to Everyone, Knockturne, Song For the New Breed, Black, Raining in Darling Rating: 4/5
If this album came out 40 years prior it might have been ground breaking. Not sure what it offered in 1999
Not sure this is music!
Like the lyrics, but not a fan of the music. 2/5
Mellow, great songwriting.
Gjörsamlega gordjöss plata.
No disponible en Spotify
Sad. So Sad. So Good. So Sad
This is fine. Maybe some songs are a bit too slow, but it fits the mood I think he's going for.
Probably one of the few examples of music from this genre in this time period to actually fit in with this list. I See A Darkness by Bonnie "Prince" Billy hits all of the morose tones without being too obtuse in its execution. 3/5.
Goddamn, I did not expect this album. I thought I was going to be getting something between Iron & Wine and Bon Iver, but this shit makes Bauhaus look cheerful.
meio chato, nada demais
Een paar goeie nummers, maar anders maar oké
snorlax is a really active pokemon in comparison. chesus christ what a bore
Decent album of folky songs. Will Oldham’s voice is kinda weird on this album. It’s also kind of good, though. It sounds like a proto Will Toledo from Car Seat Headrest. 3.8/5 Fav: A Minor Place Least Fav: Knockturne
At the time of release in 1999: was much impressed by this album and its successor Easy Down The Road. Perhaps not as good as There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You, but still getting very close. Listening to it again now: songs are still very good, but BPB's voice is slightly annoying and gets a little on my nerves (whereas that Palace Brothers record still sounds as great as ever). score in 1999: 9/10 score in 2024: 8/10
I guess the voice is not for everyone, but if you don't mind it too much, you'll find the songs on this album are just great.
Such delicate songs so tenderly performed: an absolute masterpiece.
I liked this quite a bit, my favorite track is "I See A Darkness". I'm sad this isn't on Spotify, I'd listen to it a lot more. Pretty good sad boy album!
Wasn't on Spotify.
Good!
Nice and chill songs, too bad not available on Spotify for me
Overrated whiny white boy bullshit. More sea shanty than anything else. Hard pass. Doesn’t belong on this list.
I just find this wallowing unlistenable. It’s the first album I cannot make it through. And I like stripped down songwriter focused music but this feels humorless and flat.
There is an honesty and a sincerity to the music, I will grant you that. But the delivery is so... dully depressing. Johnny Cash covered the title track, and even though his delivery is as depressing, there's something about it that's more... passionate. The songs definitely have something to them, but the delivery just needed more for me.
Interesting that this album directly followed the one from American Music Club. Both dismal and sad, but not considered to be in the same genre. This apparently is more gothic, in the spirit of Nick Cave. And I do agree there is not the same minimalism here - or at least the music and the vocals don't feel as subdued as slowcore. Is it the jangly piano? Still, it also has some alt-country undertones. I liked it better than AMC - more melodic. But still roughly average.
Not so much an album as it is a collection of voice notes from someone who sounds really sad set to music.
אלבום ממש טוב התחיל משעמם אבל אם מקשיבים למלים הוא נהיה ממש טוב
Fucker removed it from Spotify
Wtff not avail on spotify yeah not sure about this one. You def have to be in low spirits to engage with this. I love the vocal quality and some of the instrumentation. I think the electric bass on a few of the tracks wasnt the best fit. I also found the lyrics overly trite and simplistic sometimes, idk there is just a lot of other lyricists who do this but better. Didnt love it, didnt hate it.
This is mood music. It either sets the mood or is the type of music you want to listen to in a certain mood. Surprisingly, I didn’t hate this and may even have a relisten when I am in such a mood. Notable tracks: Madeleine-Mary
Me surpreendeu bem positivamente, pena que não tem no spotify
Por causa dos títulos e capa do álbum, eu esperava algo que "soasse" mais depressivo. Eu achei melhor do que esperava. É gostoso de ouvir, mas não me vejo voltando pra procurar alguma música. Fave: I see a darkness
Noice
Not on Spotify
New to me. Definitely needed to be in a certain frame of mind to stay with it, and I am there right now. That’s the beauty of this whole exercise, when it happens - music that has been there this whole time, waiting to be discovered and appreciated.
Probably hits really hard if you’re feeling sad
4 por I See a Darkness. Merece la pena escuchar las veriones de Johnny Cash y Rosalía de esa canción.
Known before: Standouts: 3. I See A Darkness Rating: 4.0
Known before: / Standouts: 02. Nomadic Revery (All Around) 05. Death To Everyone 07. Madeleine-Mary Rating: 8.0
Known Before: One song Standouts: 3. I See A Darkness 5. Death To Everyone 6.5
I knew Will Oldham from the movie "Old Joy" but honestly didn't know he was a singer/songwriter. I gave this one a listen and the title track just blew me away. Big thumbs up for this one!
A landmark album of ours time
Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Another day full of dread, Madeleine-Mary, Nomadic revery, I see a darkness, Death to everyone
This is almost more of an album of poetry with music to fill the background. Nothing really stood out.
Not bad if you're in the right mood.
had some moments but far from great
About dark inner thoughts, grief, turbulent (&) love 1999 Folk music, Indie rock, Indie folk, Gothic rock Complex emotions, evokes thought 6/10
This album is not available on Spotify, but it’s solid
Sweet and really depressing – even more so later in the album. Lo-fi-sounding with its disheveled two-part harmonies and tentative rhythm section. The climactic moments, such as the second half of Nomadic Revery, are powerful. I See A Darkness is a stellar track that really summarises the whole album, making the tracks following it a little obsolete. Simplistic instrumentation, chord progressions, and melodies, all of which point to an emphasis on lyrics and mood. Not exactly my thing, but still easily one of my favourite post-80s albums. Key tracks: A Minor Place, Nomadic Revery, I See a Darkness, Death to Everyone
One I started listening to the first song, I thought "This is going to suck." But the further I got into the album and really started listening to the album, it really got to me. The album is about loss and depression but also coming out of the other side. Not everything has to be happy and upbeat. It sucks that the album is on YouTube, because this beautiful, dark album was frequently interrupted with Christmas ads.
This started off okay, although I much prefer the Cash version of the title track, which seems much more focused than the original. The mood doesn't seem to fluctuate at all and it got a bit monotonous after a while. Some interesting songs here, but my interest waned as the album progressed, and I craved a bit more light amongst the darkness.
This sounded like a Hymn book being sung. I wanted some uplifting Monday morning music. Instead I got a right old racket and a moan. It's not offensive, but it's hardly Choose Life either.
Solid listen. Nothing spectacular, but a solid 3 stars.
Soort proto-Phoebe bridgers
not very good. Chanting and stuff just to be weird but not particularly interesting. 2.1
The embodiment of "meh". No mopey sad bois on my Saturday. Album cover is gross too. I can see why people weren’t buying it.
Another hard to listen to album. Not on Spotify, Bandcamp only had 2 songs. What I heard was ok. Gentle ballad type gear. Minus one for making listening difficult.
This was a lovely album, a bit slow and vague at times. Reminded me of The Frames or a low-fi Neil Young. Will try some more BPB.
Purposely bad. I guess it achieves its purpose. I guess I could listen to it buy it doesn't elicit any interest. 2.5
Seriously..you think this is an album I should hear before I die? I’ll tell thought I was dead and buried after listening to this absolute trash…1/2/5
i appreciated this album, i wish it was on spotify because i always forget to listen to albums that aren’t. i could hear damien rice and father john misty in the album, felt like both were influenced
It was OK. Liked a lot of the instrumentation. I'm not the biggest acoustic folk fan TBH
N/a on Spotify
Hmmmmm ....another unusual 1. I'd read about BPB but never paid attention (too common a response from me!). So I put my headphones on a and dialled in. The 1st track 'A minor place' was ok and a nice spot of classic show gazey stuff. 'Nomadic revery' was also ok and threw in some loud guitars which made things more interesting. 'I see a darkness' is quite beautiful. After just 1 listen I was bowled over. The album just never quite gets to the same lofty heights. Great potential. I'll have to listen to more of Will Pelham or BPB
There was moments that I was thinking that I am listning to Father John Misty. But a sad one. Not bad, but also does not hit to me.
This album matched my mood perfectly. I liked it quite a bit, and I think I would like it on any given day. Melancholy, not too long, good singing voice, heavy subject matter handled in a delicate way. Those are many hallmarks of my taste. This album reminded me of You Want It Darker but it doesn't unseat that Leonard Cohen album in my list.
Woah, Prince was really prolific wasn't he.
Mournful background music which reminded me of Jeff Buckley and Bright Eyes
Surprisingly good album, relaxed and atmospheric mood
Well I appreciate the relatively lo-fi, indie sounding approach, it was hard to get into this album. It was slow, moody and kind of depressing, but the songs were well written and it probably was good. It was hard to comprehend listening once, so I plan to listen again with more of a focused listen. It didn't seem like a good idea to listen in the mid-afternoon when I needed an energy boost and I feel it sucked more life out of me by the end. Overall, interesting enough to explore more from "Prince" in the future.
A great, more mature country/folk album that still could be darker so it deserves the subgenre 'gothic folk'. So, yeah, one could've seen even more darkness!
sad.
Hey Bill, wanna take a break from the slow, sad ballads and do something exciting? No? Fine, just go back to singing like your seconds away from eating the shotgun. 3/5
Good singer-songwriter album with a mostly somber tone. Some interesting off-kilter moments throughout. “Nomadic Revery (All Around)” stood out to me. I like that dramatic climax with the howling backing vocals!
Wow right from the start- I love this. I love the folky, unpolished, straightforward sound. I love the loose and almost at times fluttery celtic harmonies. I'm so sad that this isn't on Spotify. It's a Monday morning, it's already a beautiful fall day that is coming up on Halloween, and I'm about to drive an hour and a half and I would love to be able to listen to this on the ride. I really enjoyed this. Not so much for a 4 I don't think, as I found it got a little weaker as it went on, but I'll definitely come back and listen.
First of all, Bonnie “Prince” Billy is a pretty odd name, isn’t it? It feels a bit hillbilly to me. I’ve never heard of this person before, so my preconceptions are limited to only this first impression. Let’s have a jolly little listen and see if it’s any good. Songs I already knew: none Favourites: A Minor Place, Madeleine-Mary I went a bit up and fine with this. There were parts that had me onboard with the misery, but then at other parts I found this album to be quite tiresome. It’s very slow and sad throughout, which can be quite fatiguing. My main gripe with this is that I found his voice to be awful at times. At best it was ok, but at worst it sounded like a sad drunk on a karaoke. I didn’t hate this album, but overall I can’t really say I enjoyed it either.
No, that "singing" over those jingly jangly melodies is no fun
If you don't like depressing af indie folk, this isn't for you. I'm in the latter camp.
I love this. This album occupies a pretty unique space in modern folk with a distinct sound that’s neither old nor modern. I put Oldham up there with Tom Waits in his ability to write songs that sound like covers of traditional songs.
Hated it.
Probably being generous, but one of the better country albums i've listened to.
Blatant mis-selling. Nothing Bonnie about this. Depressing.
Unsurprisingly it's extremely dark, but really well put together. I reckon repeated listens would add even more to it
Hoped this was a Bonnie Tyler, Prince and Billy Ocean supergroup doing Darkness covers. Disappointed doesn’t even begin to cover it
Awesome. Beautiful and melancholic. Dude has some talent and it shows here!
Otroligt mörkermys. Lite likt Elliott Smith rent tematiskt, fast mer elektroniskt och "producerat". Så ledsen att albumet inte finns på spotify. Älskar mörka 'Death to Everyone' och skruvade 'Madeleine-Mary'. 'I See a Darkness' är också fin, tydligen har Johnny Cash gjort en cover på den. Kan säga, innan jag hört hans version, att det känns passande. 'Black' också vacker. Bästa låt: Death to Everyone.
This is brilliant. A true original sound. Or at least I can't detect influences.
One thing that cannot be denied: this thing is sad. One thing that can be argued: it gets kind of boring as it progresses.
Mmh
Cannot play this on spotify
This album is a vibe. That vibe is largely death based, and I like it. The sparse music, introspective lyrics, and slightly off-beat backing vocals make for a generally gloomy feeling, but somehow offer just enough hope of light, or love, at the end of the tunnel for the listener to empathise rather than to wish Prince Billy would just stop moaning. It also helps that the gloomy themes are largely universal human experiences (death, loss, heartbreak, broken friendship) rather than annoyance with a record company or a crappy upbringing, as has been is case on some other records. The first half of this album is perfect, a genuine masterpiece, with 'I Can See A Darkness' and 'A Minor Place' standing out in particular. The second half drops off a little, is a bit too gloomy, but still strong. I gather Johnny Cash and covered the title track. Unsurprisingly, that is also great. Rating: 4.5/5 Playlist track: I See A Darkness Date listened: 29/09/23
so slow. not my thing
Mehh
In his first album as Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Will Oldham tapped into a world that provided himself and many listeners with the sort of musical experience that would be noted for a long time. It is hardly a surprise that it was held as a beacon for singer-songwriter indebted indie rock from the moment it arrived and, the further one digs into the album and its mythology, the more rewarding it will be. When Johnny Cash decides to cover a song from your album, it signifies that you had made it. Favorites: A Minor Place, I See a Darkness, Another Day Full of Dread, Death to Everyone, Knockturne, Madeleine-Mary, Song for the New Breed, Black.
Whoa this is not what I expected from that album cover. It reminds me of Johnny Cash's later work, but with vaguely Thom Yorke-ish vocals. I have a strange obsession with extremely gloomy and depressing music, so this is right up my alley. Okay yeah, this is incredible. Instantly fell in love with it after my first listen. Easy 5/5.
Cool indie folk! Cool vocals and lyricism to be found. Also kinda sad in its instrumentation and lyricism :(. Good album, nonetheless.
Melancholic and peaceful. Poetic lyrics. Sometimes like a hymnal song? Reminds me a bit of sun kil moon?
Had its moments. I need to explore more, but we all know that isn't happening anytime soon... so here's a lazy 3.
I wavered back and forth on this album a bit because I didn't like his voice at first, but it really grew on me. I can't think of anything else that this really sounds like. His poetry is beautiful, and the simplicity of the music really helps set it off. I think I'm going to have to buy this one 4/5
First thought: ugh, how will I get through this? I already have depression! But then it kinda clicked after the first few songs. I like the sound of the bass, the mood, the lyrics. Still a 3 though. + Another Day Full Of Dread + Death To Everyone + Knockturne + Song For The New Breed + Today I Was An Evil One
Un excelente trabajo de folk gótico, bastante íntimo y ambiental. La esquelética producción resalta la voz de Bonnie, sus letras desgarradoras y su inflexión depresiva. Un gran álbum para todos los seguidores de los géneros relacionados con los cantautores.
It wasn’t until the very end of the album did he reveal he could actually sing.
okay mais pas incroyable. l'album s'est déroulé sans trop se faire remarquer.
Very real album hitting on depression and the darkness in our lives and how we must proceed ahead while facing these difficulties. Love the stripped back instruments
Had to listen on Amazon and it kept going to songs like his. Like the vibe though.
Didn't like this one at all really. Poor singing, melodramatic, and fairly boring. Felt a lot longer than half an hour, even though I listened to it twice.
Blocked on spotify
a nice, sparse, quiet, sad boy alt-country album. not bad, but not my favorite. a lot of really pleasant moments but nothing that stood out to me as being incredible. still a good listen, especially if you're in the right mood.
Seemed like a gloomy fellow
You definitely have to be in the mood for this vibe, but man, it hit right today. Chillingly beautiful soundtrack to my melancholic walk around Tempelhofer Feld this afternoon.
Fun fact: The album cover was a drawn description of my face having listening to this boring crap. 4/10.
Great album, I almost drove off a road in the snow while listening to this. The other four people in the car suggested maybe we should have no music on for a while. Why is it not on Spotify? Anyway, great stuff.
ganske rolig, backes når man leser
Contemporary folk and Americana owe a lot to Will Oldham. There’s a ton to like here. Stellar songwriting, beautiful composition and crushing and somewhat sexy lyrics juxtapose so well with Oldhams somber acoustic guitar driven style.
Had to find on youtube
Good album
J'attendais depuis longtemps que Robert nous génère un album plus tranquille pour mettre un terme à la série d'excités qu'il nous a récemment proposée. Et malgré une pochette de type tête de mort qui nous a tous bien fait peur, cet album de chialeuse-folk a parfaitement fait l'affaire.
C'était vraiment nul donc bien dans le thème du générateur actuel, très bien joué de ta part Robert
I can only describe this album as downbeat and sparse. The instrumentals are slow and the singing is filled with melancholy. Gloomy album that probably requires the right mindset to fully appreciate.
Very slow and very sad
3.5/5
Not terrible
One of the most heartbreaking albums in my record collection. The first time I listened to a Will Oldham song, it was the version of this LP's title track he performed with Johnny Cash on the latter's swan album *American IV: The Man Comes Around*. I instantly fell in love with this very emotional tune about friends getting old and disillusioned, and yet being loyal to each other until the very end... The only (small) problem with this Bonnie "Prince" Billy record is that it doesn't include this version with Johnny Cash (his gravelly voice, coupled with Will's fragile harmonies, does wonders in this reenactment). But no worries, the original version is still a terrific tear-inducing gem, like many other songs in this record... 2.98 is a global score that's way too low for it by the way. What's wrong with people? Can't they handle sadness in music? Or do they have issues with grassroots aesthetics where the instrumentation and vocals are deliberately out of place--therefore adding a subsequent layer of fragility that makes the whole thing so poignant? This record is all about entropy and death, folks! Of course, it can't be "neat" and "clear-cut". Form and contents are artfully (and touchingly) echoing each other here, as they should be. I thought about this unfair global score, and rather than reviewing the songs of this album, I'm gonna 'review the reviews', so to speak--at least the ones currently topping this section. I want to make it clear that the people who take part in making this album so low in the global score have the right to express their subjective tastes, of course... And yet their reviews often prove that they are ill-equipped to do so in a convincing manner--at least for this sort of lo-fi, anti-folk record. Excerpt of review A (currently topping the section). Grade given to *I See A Darkness*: 1/5 "After listening to the album “I See a Darkness”, I don’t see a darkness. I hear a silence. Sorry to have wasted your time, dear reader." No you havent wasted my time at all. Because some of the ways you've described this album before that conclusion are actually the very reasons I love it. "Sometimes, legitimate poetic expressions seem to sit high on a throne of non-referential, non-allusive obscurity, holding a scepter of grammar-be-damned nonsense and crowned with a greater than ordinary vocabulary. But that doesn’t make them good as lyrics". Well, actually it does sometimes. As in here. Oldham's poetry is both oblique and direct and that's why it's so effective. "A lyricist has one shot at grabbing the listener by the passions, and on this album, Bonnie “Prince” Billy has missed wildly". A weird way to say that the passions in question were so overwhelming that this particular listener couldn't handle them. As for the rest of the review and the supposedly "poor" qualities of the instrumentation and vocal performances, see what I wrote up there about the "entropic" qualities of this record and how they match the theme of death... My grading for this review: 2.5/5. It's still a cohesive argumentation, even if reading between the lines of said argumentation reveals potential contradictions or self-blinding aesthetical prejudices... The worst is to come, though. Fortunately, review B (5/5 for the album) is simple, direct and extremely positive: "Fantastic. Hauntingly beautiful from start to finish." Well, here's a concise way to phrase your opinion. I should probably take a page out of this reviewer's book, lol. My grading for this review: 4.5/5. With another short sentence or a punchline at the end, this would be perfect. Next review, review C (4/5 for the album) is an absolute gem. I'm so jealous of the person who wrote it. Which is why its entire contents deserve to be copied here: "You have to be on a little bit of a sad streak for this album to hit right. Luckily for me, I picked this one up in the late afternoon on the second shortest day of the year, after my girlfriend had just left to go home. So, as the late afternoon crept into a very dark Vermont evening, I put this album on, and it was perfect. A world unto its own." My grading of this review: 5/5. Perfect, honest, personal, heartfelt, evocative. I would love to be in Vermont and listen to this record with this person right now. Review D (3/5 for the album): "Meh. Kinda boring" Just like what you've just written, pal. See how a positive review up there just added a simple adverb to actually describe the damn thing ("*hauntingly* beautiful). You can do that in a negative review, you know. 0.5/5. Review E (5/5 for the album): "a depressing and optimistic ode to survival". Change "and" with "yet", and you have a properly expressed take. But I fully concur with the sentiment expressed here. There's a beautiful duality to what Will Oldham crafts in *I See A Darkness*. 4/5 for this one. Review D is another very positive review (5/5 for the album) and it's a "classic" exploration of the LP track by track. Just read it. Love how its description of opener "A Minor Place" unwittingly points to the fact that the song is one of the few actually relying on *major* chords, ironically. That opener is surely a "soft" way to start this very dark journey. I do couldn't better in this "classic" mode, so 5/5 for this particular example... Now here comes the ridiculous stuff. Review G gave 1/5 to the album, and it's dumb takes after dumb takes. So dumb that it becomes hilarious: "It sounded like an elementary school lunch room when the kids were getting too rowdy. I kept begging for that 1 teacher who could stick their fingers in their mouth and make that ear piercing whistle to create SILENCE!" That person surely never had to handle or manage of group of kids. This is NOT how you create silence in a lunchroom filled with them, ha ha. At least in the long run. So much for your weird metaphor here. Learn that metaphor are as unpredictable as children: unproperly handled, they can escape your grasp and undermine your supposed "authority". And that's where you start to look foolish. Believe me, I've been there as well. But you can learn. You can always learn. "Then the rest of the album was just shit. If I wanted to hear a shitty story by a boring guy with his guitar I'd join a commune. Literally fuck this album." So graciously put. I'm glad no commune will have to bear with your bad manners, at least. As for the album being "shit", how am I supposed to trust the tastes of a person who rates The Stooges, Pixies, Television and Kendrick Lamar with 1/5 grades??? How? And by " I ", I mean 80-90% of the people in this group, most probably... 0/5 for this dumb assessment. Thanks for nothing. Going a little further to another 1/5 review (exhibit L). It starts with a restaurant metaphor that's not too bad to express your dissatisfaction with the album's "menu". Unfortunately, it ends with one of the most ridiculous things I have ever read on this app: "Just glad this isn't on Spotify." Oh, because being on Spotify is the 100% reliable sign that you're playing good music now??? Well, I have a lot of counterexamples to offer. And you probably have some too, no matter what your tastes are. A lot of music lovers (old AND young) are still buying physical copies of albums, by the way. You probably already know this, right? As you probably know that not being on a certain platform has nothing to do with the supposed quality of your music. I'm afraid you are confusing the message with the "pipes" and other broadcasting means that are bringing said message to you... Here's how algorithms are turning certain folks into sheep. Mark my words, I'm not against the technology itself. But I'm appalled by the way some folks are so under its sway that they become unable to reach critical thinking that would make a shred of sense. Which takes the cake when you're using this app. 1/5 for this reviewer's lack of articulate thought here. I'm gonna end this strange experiment, and I promise I won't attempt to do this again. I'm afraid some readers might take this the wrong way... The point is not to say who's *right* or who's *wrong*. The point is to state which reviews of this album are the most articulate and convincing. Under that light, let me conclude with a quote from another reviewer who was actually rather unconvinced by *I See A Darkness* (giving a 3/5 grading to it). What's great about this quote is that this particular reviewer found a beautiful way to express a detail that I absolute love in the album: "Oldham’s overlayed vocals don’t harmonize so much as skitter like moths bashing randomly into each other." Now that's a GREAT metaphor if I've never read one. And a 5/5 way to sum things up. I think that whenever I listen to *I See A Darkness*, I also see those moths flying around the feeble light of a forlorn bulb at night. That's the sort of "darkness" I can contemplate. And this other reviewer has seen it too, even if they didn't like that spectacle as much as I did. Their review is the sorts of sincere, sensitive, personal and aptly-phrased takes I'll always be drawn to. Just as I'm drawn to the similarly sincere, sensitive, personal and aptly-phrased offerings of Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. Like moths to a flame, I would even say... Number of albums left to review: 488 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 242 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 115 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 152
There are some excellent lyrical moments, but most of the songs are very slow, more like reading a poem over some soft piano or guitar chords than a song.
Gick inte att lyssna på och det var ett tag sen jag hörde den. En fyra blir nog bra.
Never heard of this guy before but I immediately took to him. Very spare songs, morose and melancholy. I even started listening to it a second time. Might not be the most original material but very relatable - hit the right note with me.
Upon first listen I was underwhelmed until the song Madeleine Mary, which I initially liked because it had more going on than the other songs. I read the Wikipedia entry on the artist, which led me to Johnny Cash’s cover of I See A Darkness. This morning I gave the album a second listen and liked it very much. What I initially dismissed as simple became a bit more….I don’t know ….just more.
Difficult to access, this was awesome. I even tried to buy it through iTunes but it only seems to be available via subscription? Not sure, but bummed it was so hard to get to.
i was familiar with three of these songs beforehand and always liked them, but for some reason never took the plunge to listen to the whole album. I'm glad I did. In spite of its bleakness, there's humor and warmth. The arrangements are sparse, but inventive. The album kept surprising me. I can see why a lot of people don't like Will's singing, but I dig it, even when it meanders off pitch. Johnny Cash's cover of the title track is great, too.
can't listen :(
Really cool to hear the influence the album had
Oldham's sad-rhythmed folk music is of a particular mode, but I'm always ready to twist my brain to it somewhat. Compared to other Anglo strains, this music is American: naturalistic and not quite unsubtle. The only occult actor of note is, of course, Death. Capital Death and the chorus of voices in their own time sometimes appearing. I feel the shortness of a debut which isn't really a debut.
This is still a great album
8/10 really good! I should listen to this guy’s other stuff
Heel rustig, maar mooi
Was hopeful after the first song this would be a treasure that I didn't expect, and while it is still a good album, there is a lot of similar sounding songs and the background vocals (especially on Track 2) can be a bit unnerving. Not a bad album by any stretch, but also not an album I would recommend on this list. Admittedly, I will probably explore more of his work even if I don't think this album should be on this list.
I'd never heard of Bonnie Prince Billy, and based purely on the album artwork was not looking forward to this. But it just goes to show you should never judge a book (or album) by its cover. Dark and melancholic, this is really evocative stuff.
Quavery voice, acoustic guitar, hushed backing - it could be Bon Iver who maybe took this guy's hustle and made a million with it. Ho-hum. Maybe Spotify turned him down?
3.3 - I listened once and was left confused and unimpressed. Then I read the fawning Pitchfork review and thought maybe I missed something, so I gave it another listen. Then I gave it another….So…look, this record has its charms. “Nomadic Revery…” shows Oldham’s uncanny knack for maximizing negative space. There’s beauty lurking in the hushed recesses of that track. The record also has its moments of poignance, like the chorus of “I See A Darkness” and the gorgeous refrain on “Raining in Darling.” But aside from those, most of the other musical elements simper. This record seems to seriously lack a sort of “life force.” Oldham’s overlayed vocals don’t harmonize so much as skitter like moths bashing randomly into each other. The instrumentals sort of warble in and out of the picture offering little structure or support. The words don’t lend any transcendent nuggets of truth. And the melodies just sound tired (see “Today Was An Evil One.”) This is a record that wishes to triumph by being understated but I’m left wondering if it simply has very little to actually say.
a bunch of sad songs with nothing going on musically
Had a hell of a time finding this one -- finally located the full album on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVcXArTdoAE) First impressions, this is some indie that Pitchfork would almost certainly love. Also, immediate impression is that the production quality is very very good -- tons of depth and attention to detail. This is some bleak, but beautiful music. Austere arrangements, but there is a lot of attention to detail and little effects and features if you pay attention to the background. Death to Everyone is among my favorites so far -- probably as close to upbeat as this will get. One of the more abrupt endings that I've heard recently. I waited for a good minute or two for the next track to start before I realized it was done. Someone really ought to check in on Bonnie "Prince" Billy -- this is some premier sad boi, dark days music. Spooky album cover and beautifully glum arrangements. While this isn't exactly my favorite type of music, this was really well done. From a production standpoint alone this scores high. Add also a very capable singer and some interesting writing. I'd say this is somewhere firmly in 4 territory and expect that with easier access this would grow on me.
No
Quite nice alt country record. There’s some beautiful song craft here, while lyrically pretty grim. 7 out of 10
I fail to detect much in the way of worthiness in this album. It’s actually pretty boring.
I found this one a little boring. I think I may have been a bit too distracted and in the wrong mood to really appreciate this one today, but I think it was okay. Will probably return to it sometime when I need a moody and melancholic folk record. Favourite: Madeleine-Mary
If I had to describe the album with one word, I would pick obscure. If I had to describe the album with invented words, uninvasive and tuneoutable seem to work.
The frail wavering voice in “Minor Place” sounded familiar. He reminds me a bit of Andy Shauf on that track as well as the title track, which are my favourite quiet songs on the LP. Overall, it’s listenable, edgy, dark Americana and it was good to include more rhythmic and electric, though not upbeat, songs like “Madeleine-Mary” and “Death to Everyone”. A higher mark was forthcoming but the closing songs weren’t as strong.
I hear a genuinely talented song-writer, but these songs are so sparse and glum that nothing really caught my attention. I think if I gave it a few more chances it may reveal some magic, but frankly I am not motivated to put in the effort for this one.
Without being over-dramatic- I had a really hard time even wanting to pay attention to this. It was so slow and is not something that I personally enjoy or would ever suggest to others. I like slow music, but I like it to have something interesting in it. This is slow for the sake of being slow. Boring as hell. It has not ability for relisten and would not suggest.
Depressing, just depressing...
was good
True depressive genius.
Goos album, will def listen to again. Nice folk singer songwriting with a hint of indie rock. Nice.
Wasn't on Spotify. Used YouTube... Wasn't terrible.
It was alright. It felt like something I would listen to in my emo days after discovering a track from them from tv shows like scrubs. Didn’t find it on Spotify had to you tube to listen to the album
Decent without being spectacular
I liked it - kind of a Nick Drake vibe with a modern relation to everything. Easy, but not super "folksy"
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Zemelaar
Iets te somber naar mijn smaak
Zware kost, maar ik vind het wel mooi.
Ja, mooi.
Far less amazing as „The Letting Go“. 2.6
As this was only on youtube, it was a pain to listen to. Not happy music but I love listening to emotional music, so i have to go back and listen to it again. Not sure I got a good feel to it the first pass at it.
First two songs were good. This album feels like one where the juice is in the lyrics, but I had trouble paying attention to lyrics. Besides that, a pretty mediocre album, but not awful. Last song was pretty good.
Easy listenin music
Totally thought this was going to be another fucking punk album from the cover thank fucking god. This was a pleasant listen in the morning when my head was pounding from winning a muufuckin kickball championship. A little boring though but overall enjoyable. Probably not going to go out of my way to listen to more of this man though.
Cheer up Billy. Remember you're a bonnie prince.
some call me the sad cowboy | some call me the gangster of glum
Oh, boy, what a chore this was to get through. One depressing song after another. Off-key vocals don't help either. I was angry I had to endure this.
3.75
I'm generally here for Will Oldham. I think he's a powerful writing talent and a pretty decent performer. But you kind of have to be in the mood for him. I'm not sure I was in that mood today. But I got there. It helps that Oldham is a great songwriter. The lyrics are stunningly beautiful. "I See A Darkness" is just such a solid and distinct vibe. It's a catchy kind of bleak chill that settles over you like a warm, heavy blanket on an overcast, cool early winter day. Soporific in all the good ways.
I liked the album cover.
werid 3 stars
Go write a poem about it.
Hard to give this a fair review given it’s not on Spotify and had to listen to YouTube adverts, not an experience I’ll be rushing back to re listen. Maybe rerate one day it’s on a streaming service I have a subscription to.
Boring and depressing 2/5
Indie folk. Un rollo. Un 2 porque le versionó una canción Cash, si no 1. Pues mira, a última hora le cambio a un 3.
4 por I See a Darkness. Merece la pena escuchar las veriones de Johnny Cash y Rosalía de esa canción.
I had no clue what I was in for this morning when I saw Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's name come up. Not a name I had ever heard before. From what I've read, he went through many name changes over the years before ultimately landing on this one. Firstly, this album isn't on Spotify. Not strange since the whole Joe Rogan fiasco that ended with a bunch of artists pulling their stuff off. I was able to find it on YouTube. Upon reading reviews of this album, it became clear that it was a fairly gloomy record of the folk rock/blues genre. I do tend to enjoy those genres, so I was hopeful that this would follow suit. This is an excellent mood rock album, which at times reminded me of Hozier's style of gloomy folk rock. There was definately some deep seated pain that was worked through with the writing of this record. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy has a style of vocal delivery in which he records himself singing the same lyrics almost as an echo, so you're left with three or four layered vocal tracks all playing at once. It kind of sounds like if you sang in a church, or large open space. I really liked the instrumentation on this record. It was kept fairly simple with keyboard and guitar in the forefront. It was nice and soft, and kind of backed up the gloomy feel of the record. It made me think of a rainy, gray, damp spring day. Overall, a really good album. I quite enjoyed it, but can understand that you really have to be in a certain mindset to tolerate it, just because it is such a downer. But if you allow yourself to keep an open mind, there is beauty in the shadows that this record casts. If it wasn't such a pain in the arse to find, I would definately listen again! Favorite songs: A Minor Place, Another Day Full of Dread, Madeline-Mary, Song For the New Breed, Black Least favorite songs: Nomadic Revery (All Around) 4/5
Nicely constructed but uninspiring. Similar to Elliott Smith but without the overall virtuosity. At times boring rythms and forgettable lyrics. Fine if you like that but I'll stick to Elliott Smith.
I'm really enjoying this but worry I'll never listen again because it's off Spotify
Not my thing. I don't even know what to say.
Want to hear more, but not on Spotify
There are a lot of things I liked about this album.
Indie folk. Un rollo. Un 2 porque le versionó una canción Cash, si no 1. Pues mira, a última hora le cambio a un 3.
Every so often this list throws up a gem. This is not even on Spotify but the cover interested me (thinking it was some Industrial Grunge band) so I went to Youtube. This is unique- sincere with integrity. The title track is very moving. It's obviously going to be jeered by the majority but I'm happy to say I love it.
Honestly, I think of this kind of music as what plays at the end of artsy TV show episodes where a plot twist or major character development just happened. It's country/folk/sad boy hours and it's fine but also somewhat boring. Great addition to visual media though, adding songs like this to Justified season finales really works. Also minus a point for not being on spotify.
I’ve never heard of this guy but I really liked this. It was a little sedate listening to it at 6am while driving, though. I really liked “Madeleine-Mary.” I ended up listening to this a second time and enjoyed it even more. It sounds a little ahead of its time; it has more of a mid- to late-2000s indie singer songwriter sound.
Indie folk. Dulce, triste. Se hace un pelín aburrido.
The album grew on me, though harder to appreciate on a bright Sydney summer day compared to a dark Vermont winter
I dunno what to expect from this... rap with a voodoo vibe? It's not on Spotify, ugh. Ok it's some kind of "dark" folk, basically indie rock pretending to have a soul. Pret-ty bland. Big pitchfork hit, unsurprisingly. I only found a couple of tracks on YouTube, one was a video clip and he was in a character of some kind... meh, I don't care. Gen X crap. 2/5.
he's not what you would call a 'happy chap'
Started out great, kinda faltered at the end but I enjoyed this. Perfect 3 stars
Honestly didn't get through all of this one due to the spitting the dummy with the YouTube ads. Bit too arty and shit for my liking though.
Reading the Wikipedia page, it's easy to find out why he deserves one spot on the 1001 list. Listen to the album, I think it's nice but far from remarkable.
A haunting album. It's late nights alone when you're with your thoughts for a little too long. Bonnie "Prince" Billy's tortured voice is perfectly accompanied by the sombre guitars and pianos. I think i want to revisit this again sometime.
Fin.
Not available on Spotify.
honest but a little bit boring
Will OIdham is the darling of the music critics. I like his Americana take on a quite English sounding folk style. Pleasant.
An unknown album and artist to me. The opening track was reminiscent of the Avett Brothers track “I and love and you”, which came 10 years after this. The rest of the album didn’t grab me as much as the first track but will definitely seek out more.
It’s slow, out of tune and rhythmless, end very depressing
Spooky. I like it.
I sense a bitter(sweet) lofi nostalgic mood while listening to this album. Imagine a safe cozy place where the only outlet to the outside world is a cozy album like this.
I am hesitant to ever deem myself an "expert" on any given topic, the genre of Indie Folk is one where I feel somewhat comfortable making that claim on. While William Oldham's works and this album are formative to the genre, he just isn't one that hit the mainstream music scene with the same impact as Elliott Smith's works, or later Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, and Fleet Foxes' works did. Its honestly disappointing because I do really enjoy this album. I can certainly hear things that Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker picked up more from him than Smith or Stevens. I had a very surface level knowledge of Oldham and I look forward to diving deeper. As somebody who is in love with this genre and did enjoy this album I will be giving it a 4 and giving it a few more listens. If I am looking at it from a more objective position I don't necessarily think it deserves a place on the list, but does deserve at least a 3 global rating.
Un album moyen… 2.85
I have a passing and non fanboy interest in Will Oldham. I do have one Bonnie Prince Billie album that I listen to on occasion, it seems quiter and more sparely arranged than this one. I enjoyed I See A Darkness more because of its livelier musical presentation - didn't have time to delve into the lyrical subject matter however I'm sure there are themes of loneliness and struggle 3.5 stars
Not a cheery album...
Just generic sadness. Nothing really interesting or compelling about it. Made me more angry at the attempt to make me feel sad than I did sad. Felt earnest and not manipulative though, so I’ll give it a star for that.
Good god this album is sad. It's very well written and performed but does feel a bit repetitive after a while
Sombre un peu déprimant mais bon
Curious band, nice
There is a fine line between wistful melancholy and apathetic boredom. BPB straddles that line pretty intently, but too often leans towards the latter. Scratch that. BPB dives head first into a giant tank populated with I-couldn't-give-a-flying-fuck-fish, don't-care-a-damnselfish, shut-the-fugguppies and a great trite shark. This album has all the excitement of sitting next to your filled up bathtub with a fishing rod, trying to catch any floating hair for an hour. And it's equally pointless. One useless, flaccid fishing rod out of five. 🎣
If you give his voice some time, it’s more heartbreaking than just grating, like in the beginning. Definitely a mood
I would call it singer/songwriter if Oldham could sing, but he can't so it is just songwriter. Boring as hell, perhaps if you want to sit and listen to tedious depressing songs about someone elses life, then you may be interested, but I am not.
stor fan av detta album men youtube ads va lite störande
Chilllllllll
Crushingly gentle
Lyricsen o låtarna e ba bleh o de e kinda tråkigt. Int min stils melankoli!
91 / 1069 If you get it, you get it.
This album tricks you into thinking it might be decent with the first song, don’t be fooled.
I feel like this was designed to hit many of my musical pet peeves. Particularly, overdubbed backing vocals that are out-of-sync with the lead vocals. I HATE that shit, and the rest of the recording was so sparse it just drew more attention to it. I was legitimately annoyed throughout this entire album and would rather not hear it again.
I wish this was on spotify, because I want to listen to it on repeat. Guess I will settle for the artist's other stuff.
Ugh, not great.