Mystic Warrior Posted March 18 Posted March 18 On 3/14/2025 at 1:50 AM, Diarrhoea said: Girl can hit a note! Can she convey anything with her vocals? She is an emotional black hole. Like take True Seekers for example - it's meant to be the emotional apex of the album and she has the flavour of water. She sounds like she's reading a script and being told what pitch she should hit but has absolutely no connection to it whatsoever. Again for Jessica Rabbit it works because there's meant to be that disconnect, and for the first two albums she was firmly in her her studio-singer lane (where she should be), but for their other albums - the ones where she's given anything to do - she fails miserably. I think she just doesn't have the chops. Reveal hidden contents I'm kind of gaslighting myself into really liking Bunky Pop This is so weird because True Seekers reads as incredibly emotional to me and is my most revisited track from Texis due to Alexis hitting all the right notes, no pun intended. I think this just goes to show how subjective music really can be depending on who is listening.
Diarrhoea Posted March 18 Posted March 18 One of her worst vocal performances yet and it feels weirdly underproduced for them Spoiler The melodies are great. Imagine this album is good after all of that
Jay L Posted March 19 Author Posted March 19 This Summer is excellent they are 3/3 so far Omg this album is going to be amazing
Jay L Posted March 26 Author Posted March 26 (edited) https://www.instagram.com/p/DHq1MqfuOp8/ Teasing new song Real Special Cool Thing the album is so close omg Edited March 26 by Jay L
voiceofTreason Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Yea I dunno. Nothing is sticking for me. It's like the sound is trying to be "crazy and weird" but ends being predictable and… boring? Maybe the album as a whole makes me change my mind
Jay L Posted Wednesday at 03:45 AM Author Posted Wednesday at 03:45 AM https://www.instagram.com/share/BACf6lnmFy Teaser of new song Badly album out this Friday!!
Diarrhoea Posted Thursday at 06:25 PM Posted Thursday at 06:25 PM Another year, another failed comeback attempt cosplaying as more interesting than they are in a fraudulent attempt to reclaim their legacy as the progenitors of hyperpop they delusionally claim to be Is it all a grift or do they really believe it? It feels like they googled 100gecs in 2020 and decided to spend the 2020s manifesting their way into modern discourse but have no idea how to channel it musically, so it feels lifeless and workshopped to death. Endless attempts at spontaneity and chaos and there isn't a single original moment in it. I can hear them thinking, wow this sledgehammer guitar riff will really crash in and catch them off guard! And they do it every single time. When you can see the working you'll never be impressed by the answer, and they're doing middle school algebra. I wonder if they're happy with how it all turned out for them. They didn't even, musically speaking, peak in high school because their hype lasted less than two calendar years. Is it financially viable for them? Back to the pillow factory, Alexis. I wonder if she enjoys singing this at her age - it definitely doesn't sound like it. Bunky Pop / This Summer / Badly are all quite nice! And she actually sounds good on the chorus of Pulse Drips Quiet (shame about the rest of that song).
bestfiction Posted Thursday at 07:06 PM Posted Thursday at 07:06 PM 38 minutes ago, Diarrhoea said: Another year, another failed comeback attempt cosplaying as more interesting than they are in a fraudulent attempt to reclaim their legacy as the progenitors of hyperpop they delusionally claim to be Is it all a grift or do they really believe it? It feels like they googled 100gecs in 2020 and decided to spend the 2020s manifesting their way into modern discourse but have no idea how to channel it musically, so it feels lifeless and workshopped to death. Endless attempts at spontaneity and chaos and there isn't a single original moment in it. I can hear them thinking, wow this sledgehammer guitar riff will really crash in and catch them off guard! And they do it every single time. When you can see the working you'll never be impressed by the answer, and they're doing middle school algebra. I wonder if they're happy with how it all turned out for them. They didn't even, musically speaking, peak in high school because their hype lasted less than two calendar years. Is it financially viable for them? Back to the pillow factory, Alexis. I wonder if she enjoys singing this at her age - it definitely doesn't sound like it. Bunky Pop / This Summer / Badly are all quite nice! And she actually sounds good on the chorus of Pulse Drips Quiet (shame about the rest of that song). Drag them I guess The singles were cute but not very exciting, felt very much on autopilot. I do like This Summer but even that feels like a Texis outtake. Lowkey scared to listen to it tomorrow
Jay L Posted Friday at 12:14 AM Author Posted Friday at 12:14 AM I was expecting worse lashings from that member tbh so I'm still pretty hyped to hear this album tonight I hope we at least get another music video this era.
Jay L Posted Friday at 04:33 AM Author Posted Friday at 04:33 AM New album out now!! Lemme start listening
coney island Posted Friday at 04:42 AM Posted Friday at 04:42 AM One of my most anticipated releases this year so far. I have to say I am a little disappointed in it on my initial listen. I will listen a few times tomorrow to see if that changes.
skankle Posted Friday at 06:55 PM Posted Friday at 06:55 PM I only had one quick listen through on laptop speakers while I was working, so pinch of salt required, but I had a lot of fun with this! I find it much more earnest than ms @Diarrhoea does and believe in the fun they're having on these songs. Its deeply millennial and earnest in a way that feels appropriate for their trajectory as a band. Let me sit with it a bit more but an initial positive
bestfiction Posted 17 hours ago Posted 17 hours ago It's a nice summer album Nothing really groundbreaking but it is indeed a fun listen. Probably slightly weaker than Texis to me
Jay L Posted 9 hours ago Author Posted 9 hours ago Loving the album so far! Very fun and summery Roxette Ric, Blasted Shadow, Really Special Cool Thing and Pulse Drips Quiet were my fave of the new songs so far. Definitely gotta give it some more listens.
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