bane
the new alt-j album
starts with a choir
and i'm so high and it's wild
i legit just started it
oh god i don't think i like this first song
it's very like. alt j does bohemian rhapsody imo
the end is very sexy
but the jumping around is weird
u&me
second track is breezy btw
so far
i can understand a shocking amount of these lyrics
hard drive gold
third track is a bop so far
good beat, kinda retro and reminds me of this cobra starship side project lmfaoooooo
NEOLIBERAL REFERENCE
LMFAOOOOOO
happier when you're gone
this album is like a sadder sadboi
[They are def sadboy kings]
they are but like oh my god this one track is verging on modern baseball levels of sad
cool guitar tho
i'm really ambivalent about this recurring choral thing
the actor
all i hear in this song is the word cocaine
and questionable backing vocals again
get better
one after it is a cute lil guitar riff that i'm honestly expecting will be ruined by a weird chorus at some point
it's so cute lyrically tho omg i hope it's good all the way thru
aw no spoilers but it's sad
chicago
this gentle guitar just broke into what i can only describe as an edm beat
and now dude is just talking alt-j words over the beat
philadelphia
the most CONFUSING OPERA LADY VOICE
this album is weird even for alt-j
this track still kinda slaps tho
i stand by "alt-j bohemian rhapsody"
some are better than others tho
this one was good
walk a mile
HARMONICA
that was a lovely intro and transitioned into a mega sexy instrumental
i feel like they are really just going so random with these and sometimes they tie in well and sometimes they don't?
wasn't sold on this one at first but i think i dig it unless it gets chaotic again
delta
there's a little interlude w no instruments that's cool
losing my mind
unidentified foreign language
just kidding that might have been english
very chillwave tho and i like the overall vibe of this one
well the song is about losing your mind so
language tbd
the lyrics on this album are kinda cliché tbh
[I feel like nothin beats their first album]
this is facts
powders
last song starts with a dude giggling
and this song is definitely gonna be thinly veiled cocaine song
if i can guess
ngl the amount of times dude talks about being a man is like. making me think i should have gotten something about masculinity out of this
but i did not really
this song is like. almost lana del rey?????
it's just a love narrative that rhymes sung softly over guitar and drums
sampled movie dialogue? other dialogue?
final thoughts
alt j stands for alternative james
idk do i rate it
the album
i should
what is the scale
this was like. going to a sports bar and ordering chicken tendies tbh
like it was kinda comfortable and familiar but also decidedly not memorable