The La's
The La's

Nostalgia bait for millennial and gen x as it falls right on the edge of their respective music tastes Because of this one might expect the most insufferable album ever created. But in a cruel twist of fate its just the album a British hit single happened to be on. It's bland beyond understanding. The first couple tracks are okay but sound but don't really go anywhere interesting and when you think they're about to they just end. Beyond that you just get tired melodies and riffs and vocal flourishes that had fucking nothing but sounding like 50 alt rock singles you might hear in a shopping centre in the UK or a pig and whistle in Australia. This is the first album on this project I have genuinely experienced displeasure listening to. Looking glass is the only track on the album I might return to but even then it's hard to not imagine some skinny gen x with long hair and a soul patch biting his bottom lip and thrusting while he belts out the same chord on one of the few halfway decent songs on the album. This sing gave me a little hope before plunging itself back into a few more songs that aren't bad but go nowhere and then a few more songs that are bad and bland and also go nowhere. I can't sleep and Doledrum are also okay I guess. This album didn't need to be over an hour, what made you think you ate musically competent enough to demand someone's attention for longer than a standard 45 minutes. Entitled pricks. 4/10 Fav tracks - I can't sleep, There She Goes, Doledrum, Looking Glass Least Fav - The rest

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