Gemstones

Did enjoy it, for a while but got old fast

8/10. I found this quite charming. Great rec!

There are boring albums and...this one. It seems like a great half-hour song with the same rhythms and arrangements of a singer who seems to be talking to his guitar.

This was actually a pretty cool listening experience. I knew his name but never heared a single note from him. Nice songs and funny lyrics, that was the key! Well done Adam.

Holy crap.....I don't say this often but this was really aweful! On many levels, aweful. The music is boring and bland. The singing is boring and bland. But the icing on this rotten cake is the corniness of the lyrics. This is the guy at a party who thinks he is being funny and clever. Who thinks everyone loves him. The shining center of the gathering. While actually everyone is just trying to get away from him, running to the fridge for another beer. Unbearable.

What? No Moldy Peaches? He needs Kimya Dawson to temper him. A bit too clever for me. Short album, but each song felt unbearably long.

Kind of actively disliked this lyrically for the most part. Sort of absurdist stream of consciousness when it wasn't being casually dirty, but not in an interesting way. Musically solid enough if frequently kind of dull. The faster, harder driving numbers worked best for me.

Nope.

Gemstones brings much silliness, in a fashion that reads as trying hard much of the time. On the other hand, craft also implies just-long-enough songs and packing-it-in. Head-raising moments keep the record interesting; The content and extent could hit or miss. More of the latter than I like.

This is kinda catchy. Definitely consider the Smiths an influence, but has a distinctly US vibe. My feelings on hipsters mixing upbeat music & dark lyrics depends on my mood on the day I hear it. It's hard, because I can hear his high opinion of himself sitting like an oil slick on top of the music. Today I'm in a good mood so it gets a 3/5, but I could see myself on another day giving it a 1 or 2.

I'm a huge fan of anti-folk and folk-punk, so Adam Green kind of sits in a staple place in my heart.

I was not that interested and read on Wikipedia this guy is 1/2 the Moldy Peaches that had that song we all listened to once which made me slightly more interested

Wow this sucks. He's trying sooooo hard to be edgy and clever and it comes off as very cringy.

I found this to be pretty annoying. Like someone trying really hard to be clever. 2 stars.

What a weird album. I didn't hate it, but didn't love it. Neat to listen to, but probably never again.