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it seems like this review is set up as an evaluation of the music separate from any exterior force that could influence your listening experience, but then you proceed to analyze the album in the context of other things like the band’s perception of their success as unnatural and a song encouraging kids to listen to brian eno.
personally, i’ve given this album way more of a chance than i usually give to albums that literally give me no reason to like them. i especially dislike how most of the songs seem more at home on the soundtrack for a sci-fi b-movie from the 50s than on the sophomore outing of a band which has proven itself to be extremely gifted at creating pop masterpieces.
now don’t deride me for not liking this album since it’s not what i expected because i most definitely gave it a fair chance. i just found it to be a chore to listen to and i had a very hard time finding anything to like about these songs.
i was really interested in seeing how he was gonna pull this off live. the start is definitely awkward as hell. is it just an issue with the mixing? voice is too quiet, synth sounds like a toy piano, bass is barely audible (or are my headphones shitty?). it did definitely get better at some parts and actually kinda engaging. there’s a very audible guitar mistake at one point too. i wonder if they practiced this a lot cuz it definitely sounds like they just winged it. even the sweet orchestral synth interlude in the second half sounded rushed, awkward and weird. hmph.
atleast the album is fucking amazing.
Oooo. Grapes.
lol.. sarcasm.
this is gonna make me seem like a complete idiot, but i’m re-listening to flash delirium and actually kind of enjoying it. what i said about this premature evaluation still stands, but i think i might have to give this album a bit more of a chance.