Man I get that he’s taking on a character but I was not ready to hear the Pixar guy drop so many hard r’s. He’s a musical genius, he really has mastered the sound he’s going for, but Jesus Christ what an off putting intro. Birmingham is charming and Marie is a beautiful love song. Guilty is so good, the out of key, leading note harmonies in the woodwinds are genius. Louisiana is beautiful my god this album is good. Kingfish continues the weird tonality with that little chromatic walk and moves into a 10/10 Randy Newman little jaunt. Rest of the album continues to just be so well written and fun, I get why all the Pixar movies sound like him, it’s so good. Turning a blind eye to the slurs in the first song (and a couple more throughout), this man is a musical genius and an extremely talented orchestrator, give this man a 5. I will attempt to spend my love within her. But though I try with all my might, she will laugh at my mighty sword. She will laugh at my mighty sword. Why must everyone laugh at my mighty sword?