Eyyy a classic Instant 5 Long time since I have listened to it all. Good to be back.
Geography is the debut studio album by English musician Tom Misch. It was self-released on 6 April 2018 through Misch's own label Beyond the Groove.
Eyyy a classic Instant 5 Long time since I have listened to it all. Good to be back.
This artist and their music is smooth as fuck. I definitely will be listening again and checking out more of their discography!
Very entertaining… I had a terrific time listening to this. Interesting styles, sort of jazzy but then some dance-infused songs that made it more interesting (“Disco Yes” for example!). Loved it!
Jazzy funky hip-hop influenced grooves, with some cracking guests. Please don't cover Stevie Wonder though, it (almost) never works. His voice sounds oddly like Calvin Harris, which was a bit distracting at points, but a good album and one I would never have heard without it being suggested here. Thanks for the pointer
Wow this album is superb. First time listening and an instant classic, loved the Jazz and flow and a nice surprise Loyle Carner popping up on water baby.
Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Lost in Paris, Movie, We’ve come so far
My music review BFF, tom5643, said it best. This is beach club resort music. Depending on your mood and your surroundings, that may be just what the doctor ordered! Or it may be kind of weightless and forgettable. I was in the right mood yesterday though so I'm all for it.
Great if you're sat by a pool in 30c heat drinking cocktails. Unfortunately I was walking the dog in the rain.
I wonder what the genre is for this album. Funkadelic spoken word rap? I'm finding myself moving to some of these beats. The album art looks like a candelabra. Why is it not spelled candlelabra? Movie was a bit slow for me.
This is some nice-enough, easy listening funk that sounds like it wouldn't be out-of-place as incidental music in a low-budget rom-com.
Neo soul, nu jazz, funk, jazz, hip-hop, electronic, jazz-funk, acid jazz, R&B, jazz rap, ambient, nu-disco, alternative. Bastante agradable. Un 4, venga.
This music felt very specifically like music that would be playing at the outdoor shop / lounge area at the Secrets resort we have visited twice in Mexico. Which pleases me. Don’t know if that helps you as a review
Very mellow, in a good way. Not typically something I would listen to on own initiative, but I liked it
Yea I can dig this album. Disco Yes is a song I have absolutely heard before.
Never heard of Tom Misch before so this album was a pleasant surprise. The way he fuses the jazz pop sounds with some solid best production made this a pretty enjoyable album. Listened to it a few times and didn’t get tired. Could definitely revisit. 6.9/10 (nice)
Jazzy, funky, 3/5.
Good revision music according to a friend
Very smooth
Not bad
I suspect that this, both lyrically and musically, probably merited more active listening than I was able to give it at the time. Superficially a kind of light, jazz-adjacent vibe. It didn't quite grab me but I feel like I'll circle around and give it another pass eventually.
Really wasn’t for me. A combination of elements to styles that I don’t really enjoy.
It’s alright music to cook to, but that’s about all I got out of it. Kind of tepid
The production is pretty clean which I enjoy but overall it's a bit too poppy for me.
Extremely simple easy-listening music for coffee shops and travel vlogs. Pretty much exactly what you'd expect from an album like this. Hard to hate, hard to write more than two sentences about it. Strong 2/5.
If you're going to have a spoken-word passage at the beginning of your album talking about you're only in it for the music, you should probably ensure the following LP lives up to that self-aggrandizing promise. Despite the tight instrumental execution and thoughtful, clean production, the actual musical content of this album is flatter than a pancake. No matter how many times Misch steps outside of the key or fits in a funky little solo, the bones of these tracks are drop-dead boring: muzak-esque progressions, repetitive lyricism and instrumentation, meandering guest features that feel misplaced or are just plain bad. Tack on the jam band elements and the orobouros of Misch jacking himself off is complete – telling when you need a gratuitous re-do of 'Isn't She Lovely' to inject any kind of life into your album and it manages to be the most memorable track! The whole project is just self-serving and too smug for its own good. The main feat I'll remember from this one is how Misch managed to make even a De La Soul feature feel lifeless and limpid.