Spirit Phone

Another Neil Cicierega album? Man it's like I'm a young man again. Cabinet Man is infectious as hell! a fine internet time.

It sounds more 80s than any 80s artist ever did. I haven't heard Nik Kershaw in ages, but it reminds me of him. And of old computer games. It's fun synth pop. The lyrics don't match the vibe of the music at all, but that's cool.

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Touch-touch telephone, I earn my life

Neil Cicierega— I’m pretty fond of his mashup albums but haven’t heard much of Lemon Demon. I had a friend in university who swore by him though, so this one’s for you m8 Hm I apparently already saved "Spiral of Ants" to my 'Favourite' Apple Music playlist like a year ago, but it was like listening to it for the first time >_< Phew that was a lot, but I can finally 100% confirm he can make good songs beyond sampledelic shitposts. If it wasn't clear with the Mouth series, Neil is haunted by the 1980's. I'm glad it comes across in this project as well. I will save the bonus tracks for another day, as two hours of Lemon Demon at once may be too much HL: "Touch-Tone Telephone", "When He Died", "Eighth Wonder", "Reaganomics", "Spiral of Ants" June 18, 2026

If life was Nintendo it would sound like this

Jäkligt snyggt omslag. Musiken är inte heller så pjåkigt. Dock minuspoäng på att albumet är evighetslång.

Always let Neil cook

Neil Cicierega is just such a creative person. This music is something I would never search for myself, but kinda enjoyed the album

So here we go - more nerd music. Look, it's OK. There's some method to it. If you heard They Might Be Giants when you were 12 or 13, and maybe you were the sort of kid who did maths challenges for fun, then you need this kind of music in your life. You are soothed and comforted by the almost cynical catchiness of it. And that's fine. Seriously, it's OK. I also found Ultimate Showdown Of Ultimate Destiny very catchy - for the couple of minutes it runs for. This, though, is an hour and three quarters long. Sure, whatever, everything after track 14 is listed as a bonus track and therefore I won't listen to it, but yeah... A whole album of nerdgasm is way, way way too much, and a whole album with another album's worth of "bonus" tracks sellotaped onto it is escaping into the realm of mental torture. Somebody really should have told him "no".

Hot garbage

Indietronica, pop, synth-pop, synthpunk, geek rock. Ni fu ni fa.

I applaud the intention but it really hails from the 80s. Sounded bitty and uninspiring which is the fine line between genius and just pretty good.

Fun to see another Cicierega LP on the list, giving us both Neil’s shitpost and serious sides in equal measure here on the list. Per usual, the composition here is insane - the man has such a gift for writing synth lines that sound alive, dancing over exceptional instrumentals. I do feel the editing is lacking on this one, though, as most tracks seem to overstay their welcome by a chorus or two. Still listened to all the bonus tracks however, and had a great time taking in some excellent composition and tongue-in-cheek styling on this LP. Perhaps not fully 1001 worthy, but a good listen nonetheless.

I want to like this one more than I do… it falls into that sort of manic, videogame-adjacent category that can be hit or miss for me. I didn’t hate it but didn’t love it, but it has a lot of moments I feel like I might like more if I listened more.

You need to calm down theater person pop music

I don’t know what this was other than long. I think I didn’t mind it.

I will always write this when albums are ridiculously long. Nobody must create an album of almost two hours of music. Nobody is so talented to create so many great songs. I got so tired I was waiting for this to finish. I would have given it one more star, but I am removing due to ridiculous length.