Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides

Whoever added this is a hero. Losing SOPHIE might be one of the worst things to happen to modern music.

I hope you can still see the moon, Sophie.

I was immediately sort of turned off by this. I wanted the bass to be higher and I wanted the beat to "make sense". But the deeper I got into it, the more incredible the whole thing is. I have *never* heard anything even remotely like this. I somewhat recently stumbled upon the term "hyperpop" and I find it to be incredibly challenging. I don't know that I... like it. But hey it's something new! You gotta hand it to these kids, at least they are doing new/exciting/challenging.

How this juggernaut aged was the question in mind as I revisited it. We've been in hyperpop's tail, more or less, since 2018, and each of Oil's singles still rings absolutely true. The structure of the record is nearly flawless, two halves separated deliberately. First, shattered - shattering - glass, next fully-formed club pieces. The conclusion is in skull-exploding noisy long-form. It's a dizzying shame we never heard the next step.

Thanks to whoever submitted this offering as I would never have listened to it otherwise. I'm not a big fan of this brand of hyper-pop but I must respect their originality, especially in some of the more experimental tracks.

<<Enter shrug emoji here>>

When the name of the song/artist is in capital letters, you know you are going to listen to some mainstream more-product-than-music thing. After listening to it, I can confirm it's very much generic and brings nothing new to the table. In another era, artists liked to push boundaries, now I guess it's not fashionable.

I listened to this album right around when it came out because it got a positive review by Anthony Fantano. I wrote it off as being not really my thing, but coming back to it after so long I'm amazed to hear how influential this is. Perhaps some of the older crowd on this site don't have connections to hyperpop and glitchcore, but if Dimery can cram a bunch of DnB on this list, then SOPHIE sure as hell deserves a nod, along with the likes of 100 gecs and Charli XCX. This was a great listen. 8/10

Hmmmm 5? Transsexual FKA twigs 4 So interesting! The boring ones were all the same kind of boring though..

A lot of talent here (cut depressingly short from following the Wiki links), but the music really lost me as it went on, a sort of glam-industrial Electronica that just isn't for me.

First song was just okay, like a Gaga-esque pop-song. But the subsequent songs went full on avante-hyperpop. Kind of into those. Sucks she died, would have been nice to see what else they would have produced. I can see the appeal though, I think I'd be into a lot more pop music if this was the predominant style.

Was put off by poppiness of the first song, but it got progressively more intense and experimental as it went along until I was finally on board.

Definitely interesting and glad I listened, but not a big fan of the more abrasive stuff. I hadn't heard of her before, sad that she died much too young. 3 stars.

This was a really interesting listen! Never heard of this artist before, and judging from the wikipedia page, the reason why this remains SOPHIE's only album is pretty tragic: Sophie had been taken to the hospital after accidentally falling three storeys (approximately 42 feet or 13 metres) from the rooftop of a building while attempting to take a picture of the full moon. Very creative and maybe even too much ideas crammed into a single album. Some songs had a Aphex Twin vibe, which is not a bad thing at all!

Oh boy, this is a choice...for sure. I am far and away NOT the target audience of this one. This is so not my genre of choice that it's almost not fair for me to rate it. I really want to hate it, but it seems to be well produced, at least. There are so many worse albums in the book than this one, too, so it's far from a 1/5 to me. Respect if this is your jam; it's just not mine. Sad to hear about the artist's death and I do remember hearing about it when it happened.

Not my thing

This album was a 50/50 for me. The 'heavier' songs I did not like. But the more dreamy ones were okay. But I had a little struggle to get to the end of this album

4/10. The first two tracks sounded wildly different, and I didn't really like either of them. There is a lot going on in this album, and I admire the variety and experimentation, but it definitely isn't approachable. I could see this growing on me if I listened to more stuff like it, but I don't really see that in my future. I liked Immaterial alright, it felt a lot more digestible than the rest of the album. Glad I listened to it, didn't like it.

I read that this was a producer and album was named best disco/electronic album of the year. This may be the case, but for me it was too much electro and too weird I'm afraid.

I predicted this would be exactly what it was just looking at the album cover. Super-serious gay indie pop. Nailed it. Overall, pretty abrasive. Too disjointed to dance OR sit and listen to. I don't know where or when you'd crack this out; it felt like performance art more than music half the time. tbh the drone track was cool, I'd have listened to a full album of that. But it's a 2/5.

She died at a young age in sad circumstances, so out of respect I will not say what I think about her creativity. But damn, she makes Björk look like Aqua

Super unique album. Interesting artist history and story. Will check out their other works.

Some songs I like a lot, and some some nice Kate Bush-ish vibes from time to time, but many of the songs did nothing for me.