1001 Albums Summary

I wasn’t aware of this band before now and then the first song came on and I was like yooo the meme song. The rest of the album is a very different vibe from the first track and honestly I’d rather it wasn’t on this album because it just makes me think of instant regret tiktoks. I can’t really blame them for that though. The guitars are definitely the main attraction here, and the other instruments support them well. They know their place and let the guitars take the limelight 90% of the time. There are a lot of shorter instrumental pieces and even when the guy is singing it’s not overbearing, which I’m fine with as I don’t really love his voice anyway. Songs like mood for a day are so stripped back and I feel like I’m listening to a medieval squire or something. And then other songs are more rocky or jazzy but it all feels consistent and flows still somehow. I enjoyed this! It’s so noodly and whimsical and fun.

They keep saying how they're conscious, political rap but are they actually saying anything? Their main selling point is that they're not rapping about sex, drugs and violence but this just ends up sounding like Christian Dad rap. There's a lot of catchy tracks here. I was mostly just a fan of the beats though. I can think of so many better conscious rappers: Tupac, Kendrick, Mos Def, Common, Little Simz. This was just a bit surface level and didn't really say anything. Also a bit confused why they went in on RnB rappers and then literally the next song is over an RnB beat. This was a nice break from all the 70’s rock but I was a bit disappointed.