At first I was not into it. Not really my genre. By the second or third song, I was thinking “oh shit, this kind of goes hard.” Then I got to reading about Big Black and Albini and it was really cool learning about him and his connection to Chicago.

I can’t believe I hadn’t given this a through-and-through until now. I liked it, but honestly, I prefer the Chronic 2001. It’s tough listening to the insanely misogynistic lyrics. I don’t accept that it’s just part of it, or that I should just look past it.

I’m not in the greatest headspace today, but this just doesn’t speak to me. I’ve never gone deep into the Cure, because I just do not connect to the songs I’ve heard (the popular ones). I guess the Cure isn’t technically “shoegaze,” but it sounds a lot like it to me, and I fucking hate shoegaze.

No notes.

I can appreciate the guitar playing skill, but musically it just doesn’t do it for me: A couple of the songs stood out to me, but as a whole album it didn’t draw me in.

Sweet and soulful, if not a bit boring.

Unremarkable circle jerking.