(Technically he calls it a "wellness lifestyle album," but same trailer.)
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 March 2024 19:46 (one month ago) link
it's a nice little album, but the plaintive directness i admired about the song "deeper well" is an exception among the tracks here, most of which struggle to rise beyond lyrically mundane. it helps that "deeper well" has one of her most classically gorgeous melodies, the others seem to go in one ear and out the other.
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Monday, 18 March 2024 20:18 (one month ago) link
Better than where most lifestyle brands would have those melodies go.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 March 2024 20:28 (one month ago) link
I really wanted to play the contrarian in this thread. A mostly acoustic, chill album that doesn’t really have any big singles actually sounds perfectly up my album. And on first listen I was really taken with it. But after a week of many listens I’ve more or less landed where many of you have. It’s a fine record, just ok. I agree that it’s lacking a lyrical sharpness that is really required when musically it’s so unchanging (and maybe four songs too many at that).
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 21 March 2024 16:07 (one month ago) link
Perfectly up my *alley*