Blue Is The Colour

Well this was an… interesting one. I remember liking the opening song, then growing more and more annoyed by the male singer as the album went on. “Blackbird on the Wire” has this afterschool special vibe to it that made my eyes roll. By the time the brass section plays in “The Sound of North America,” any hint of cleverness is replaced by a cloying sentimentality that sticks to the rest of the album like plaque on teeth. The Tom Waits impression in “Liars’ Bar” is grating as hell, and “Artificial Flowers” is just pure sophista-pop corn syrup — I honestly think it gave me diabetes. Near the end, “One God” gave me flashbacks to Lennon’s solo career (good riddance), and the retrograde eighties production and cabaret elements placed throughout had really soured my listening experience. Anyway, I don’t mean to be a dick to the user who submitted this, especially since it’s clear this has some fans, but for me this is a hard pass. Maybe I’d enjoy one of their other albums?

The first song was kind of cute and funny. The rest of the album was rough. The male singer was just bad. The songs were boring.

Well now this was horrible. It was like disguised as oh is this for kids but then every song was about cheating and it was bad and weird.

Instantly put-off by the album cover. I hate it so much. They call this sophisti-pop, but from a lyrical perspective, it seems intellectually stunted. “Imagine a mirror bigger than the room it was placed in” Ok - it’s a huge mirror that has decimated the walls of the room it was placed in. In its reflection, you not only see yourself, but you see the collapsed and crumbled ruins of the walls that used to make up a room - which no longer exists because a gigantic mirror was placed on it. Additionally, the mirror is now jutting out into the hallway and causing a tripping hazard. You’re gonna have to call facilities and get the hallway cordoned off so no one gets accidentally injured and sues the company you work for - which could cause you to lose your job in a time of unprecedented economic uncertainty. Now what? Oh, you want me to “imagine a rod that cannot hold a fish?” Fucking why? It’s pointless. This is some thought experiment for burnouts where, at the end, you’re going to tell me, “yeah, but, like, imagine if it did exist, maaaaan,” isn’t it? Sorry to the user who submitted this, I realize I’m being an asshole here and I shouldn’t get all snotty about not liking a record. I try to keep it in check, but my genetic make up is faulty.

Nah not for me I'm afraid! Just not my thing twee country ish songs. The synthetic flowers one particularly got to me

Where do you live?

Never been a fan

Suprisingly annoying. it seems like what you'd get if you wanted music with child protective padding on it. It is passionless and everything about it seems soft. Lyrics are uninteresting or awkward (one god), but then you hit Liars' Bar which was the closest i've gotten to fast forwarding a song in the 1,200 albums i've listened to. It is the most irritating gravely voice that comes off as more as a bad faked attempt. It was borderline painful.