Yusss! I’m your face Dimery - you dumb shit! This mediocre, manufactured millennial pop is the perfect response to the dredge through dad rock I’ve just enjoyed/endured. Big 3 stars!
An interesting insight into what was going on in Sweden at the turn of the century. At first I wouldn’t have guessed Scandinavian, (sounded kind of Indian and Irish to me). Nice enough, but nothing I’d listen to by choice.
What is this incel Springsteen madness?
3 or 4 rad tracks on here. The rest of the album is a bit of a letdown for me, but the strength of the singles just about keeps it in the 5 star club.
Big respect to Hikaru for writing, performing and producing the whole thing. Sounded like mid career Madonna to me. For 30mins or so I was happy with four stars for the talent, the underrepresented genre and general inoffensiveness of the music. But unfortunately after about 40mins her voice started to grate on my nerves. A little trimming down and I’d have really liked it
It’s nice to hear “World Music” suggested by people from all around the world, rather than by some middle aged white guy from Croydon.
I think I’m usually more open and understanding with these user submissions but wow, this is borning.
Ugh, like, I’m sorry for your loss and all but do you have to make it everyone else’s problem?
Very cool. Glad to be exposed to some Italian funk. I like it and it’s very good, but I don’t think I can give a 5 as I don’t love it and it’s not quite great.
Oooph, this is right now the middle dad rock. He probably does deserve a place on the list but I struggled to give it my attention. I now know why I know the name but none of the songs.
If there one thing completing this project has solidified for me, it’s that I don’t like Jazz Trumpet. I find it shrill and stressful. But then here’s comes Chet with his beautiful mellow tones to completely shit that theory right out of the water. Nice work Chet.
Sorry but I really did not enjoy this. The vocals just annoyed me throughout. Probably a two star album for me but something else really got on my tits too… what is it with the fucking Irish cosplay of East Coast American? It’s cultural appropriation, a transparent marketing scam, and it makes you look stupid, stop it now. 😮🫨😮
One of the things I learned from this list is the actual definition of krautrock. I had a vision of David Hasselhoff in my mind, 80s, leather, metal studs, mullets and pointy guitars. I was pleasantly surprised to learn its true nature - experimental, electronica from the early 70s. So I was happy to get another example here to expand my knowledge. Unfortunately, this leans too far into “experimental” and ends up as noddling. None of the tracks seem to have much purpose and no-one in the outfit has the ability to write any form of hook. I think I’d rather listen to The Scorpions.
This is all over the place, in what I think is mostly a good way.
I don’t to be too mean, because I think there’s a fair chance OP is a member of or has a strong connection to this band. That’s the only way I can understand this being submitted to the list. It’s 20 years out of date and sounds like a second rate Nickleback.