Nurture

Oh damn I get to review my own album Well this is just a straight banger. Helped me through a lot of shit. 5 Mirror and Something Comforting best songs

God damn, this was Nails. Really good album choice, and not what I expected from Porter Robinson.

Pleasant; not an artist I'm familiar with, but enjoyed it nonetheless. Enjoyable to work to.

I'll come back to this one when I'm not tripping balls.

I could not decide if I liked dullscythe or not because it sounds like it's glitching. It almost makes me feel like it's lightning, but I don't know, I think that effect could have been obtained a little more skillfully.

Oh wow this was beautiful

The more upbeat numbers remind me of going to big tech conferences, when you're gathering for the keynote in the cavernous conference center ballroom, thousands of chairs arranged in a grid pattern, huge widescreen at the front with random factoids popping up while people are getting themselves seated. It's the type of music they play to get people's energy up, but is also inoffensive and bland to some degree. Overall it's okay, just not really my thing. 3 stars.

Easy listening electronica is the sort of stuff that plays while you're waiting for the sessions to start at a corporate retreat. 2/5.

Enjoying seeing albums I know pop up on here! This one’s pretty recent, I listened to this when it came out a few years ago. My first Porter Robinson album, and I really dig it. My review at the time: if music itself were a movie, this would play during the end credits. It’s got that feeling for sure, I love the fragmented nature of the production on here, a fun take on electronica and a lot of it feels as accessible as standard pop music. “Look at the Sky” is my favorite, and it was later added to Fortnite, which I still think is cool. Anyway, great album, great pick! Favorite tracks: Look at the Sky, Lifelike, Wind Tempos, Musician, Mother, dullscythe, Mirror, Something Comforting. 4/5

What a surprise. I immediately recognized Look at the Sky from Fortnite and it has me wondering who recommended this album? Huge Porter fan? Fortnite fan? Either way, they made it through 1001 albums and picked this puppy. Always enjoy an electronic album and this was great while driving.

Am I in a mall, or a made-for-TV movie? Or am I in a mall on a made-for-TV movie? I think the person on the cover was murdered in a mall parking lot, and the body was then dumped in a unmowed section of grass nearby. There will be a true crime TV movie made about it, but it will not feature any music similar to the music you hear on this album - only ominous low synth drones.

Alright, so I wasn't familiar with either the album or the artist. Thanks for letting me know! Based on what I've read online, it seems a lot of people are really into it. Honestly, it leaves me feeling like I might be missing out. I gave it a listen with an open mind, but I just couldn't find anything to click with

Has a sort of "Sigur Ros but happy" vibe. A good time!

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Get your wish, Musician, Mother

There’s quite a bit here. There are elements of hyperpop, dubstep, and synth wave tempered by ambient elements and nature sounds. It works for the most part. I really enjoyed this album though I felt it start to drag by the end.

This felt like pastoral electronic music, all the way to its cover photograph in a flowery field. Reading a bit about the background, it does seem to be a response to a depressed and complicated world… it feels very light, aicy and redemptive. Just the light one might need in some dark places. I hope I remember to listen to this again!

Some interesting stuff here, but for me somewhat afflicted by the one-man-band syndrome that happens when the full product is generated electronically by a single artist. A little overly manufactured and uniform. Some collaborators and real instruments wouldn't go amiss.

Electronic music has always been a bit difficult for me, but in this case it is been mixed with acoustic elements and introspective lyrics. And than you have me. Well done!

Tough call here - on its own, I do enjoy this LP and the complete, calming world it builds across an extended runtime. In the context of Robinson’s discography, however, this was a huge letdown after the triumph of 2014’s ‘Worlds,’ an LP that lived up to its title with some of the most well-defined, expansive tracks of IDM/electronica at the time. Artists are free to change and experiment, and I love it when they do. However, given the wait between ‘Worlds’ and ‘Nurture,’ I expected so much more from the latter LP and felt a little disappointed when the world it built felt so insular and small. Additionally, the instrumentation is relatively homogeneous and the sampling near-nonexistent. It’s still airtight and solidly built, just lacking in scale and verve. Perhaps I’m just completely missing the point here, or am just feeling the results of my own inability to chill out with this chill-out album. Just wanted so much more from this one in the context of Porter’s body of work!

I like it. Lighter and more electro-pop than a band like Chvrches, who I discovered from this book/list.

Enjoyed the music didn't overly love the processed singing *shrug* Getting made you want more & hoping made you hurt more is a powerful lyric bc isnt that the fuckin truth... also especially liked dullscythe

Not really sure what to make of this. Pleasant during work, but not a single moment where I was actually pulled in.

No intention of offending anyone, but sounds as some generic indie sound very popularized in the latest era. Don't find anything particularly ground breaking about this

There is nothing even remotely interesting about this dull and generally quite bad electronic indie album. It's absolute paste. Rating: 1 Playlist track: Look at the Sky Date listened: 16/10/24

Ambient Electronica at it's best. Such a variety of styles that make it more than an Ambient album. The Electropop tracks are toe-tappers (I'm not a dancer :) This is an album I would have never heard if someone didn't added it the list. Thanks. I really enjoyed it. I'll keep listening to this one for sure. Standouts: Look at the Sky, Get Your Wish, Wind Tempos, Something Comforting, Unfold Rating: 4/5

Some of the songs sounded like movie soundtrack fodder, but serene thoughtful tunes.

Really enjoyed this

Not always the biggest fan of this type of hyperpop adjacent electronica, but this won me over bu the end. Pretty songs and nifty production

It's not really my thing but it seems well done and unique enough.

Not really my liking, but it wasn't bad

Well mixed, pleasant sound, however nothing too special imho

Fizzy, blippy and charming in its best moments. But I find the manipulated vocals to be really annoying. Fave Songs: Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do, Lifelike, Wind Tempos, Dullscythe

pretty nice

Electronica, ambient, synth-pop, electropop. Ni fu ni fa.

I can see why people would like it

Can’t decide if I love it or not

It was overall a pleasant listen. I started growing a bit tired of it a few songs in but not a bad album at all.

Why is this on here? Lo fi beats to chill/study to ass music. Maybe if I was a cringe theater kid when I was in middle school I’d appreciate this more.

This is like a casio electronic keyboard amped up to 20 on the HAPPY slider. It seems to have a CHVRCHES vibe without the intrique and mystery. Overall pleasant and peppy, but nothing really stayed with me.

I'm not sure the purpose of dullscythe... bothered me. The other songs on the album were decent. Look at the Sky was good.

Nurture is a nice and varied pop, edm and electronic music album. Personally i perfer the electronic music tracks. When the songs tend to be more pop or edm i'm missing some substance and believe contemporaries like Caroline Palochek, Charlie XCX and Olivia Rodrigo better.

While Nurture grew to not offend, it never outgrew those initial, weak artificial sounds. Overreading the feature on Unfold, it's artist typography which doesn't break up the record's energy in any way. Could go either way. The other songs cover a wide range, often slightly glitched, to uncertain ends.

Electronic - it’s not for me

Good, but too soon to have it on the list

This was an album I could not find enjoyment in. It felt like if a teenager was told to make an electronic album for Disney channel. It was very upbeat and poppy but it just felt very juvenile to me. Not something I would revisit. 3.8/10

Meh. Sorry this is someone’s favourite, but I can’t stand wispy flimsy indie electronic whatever this is. Cool album cover I guess? I just don’t care for this at all.

It's dance music to watch cartoons to. It's a miss for me.

Not for me. I like some ambient/EDM type stuff, but in it's attempts at beauty it strived for, it ended up closer to budget videogame music, or classy hold music for a firm swinging and missing at youth.

Over produced dance music, like what would happen if someone like Calvin Harris had significantly less talent, way too much time on his hands and, on at least one track, decided to poorly remake Treefingers from Kid A. Albums of dance/EDM/electronica (even with a smattering of acoustic instruments) tend to drag pretty quickly. The use of studio flummery to create a second voice from the same artist was vaguely interesting, but why would you not just get someone with the vocal qualities you want for the song? Not for me, although I can see why some folk might like it.

Wtf is this shit...