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Originally Posted by Severian
It’s fine.
Super overrated. People acting like it’s goddamn Trout Mask Replica.
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Agreed. I do enjoy it though. And listening to some of the tracks that seemed like standouts to me again, I think I can pinpoint what bothered me during my first listen. The arrangement is often great, but at times I couldn't help but notice the all too squeaky clean production. Funnily enough, I think the album is at its best when it fully embraces its bombastic Pop-aspects. Because those tracks, including the opener, were the ones in which her voice could really shine. She has this tendency to really go for those long, breathy notes - which I don't mind too much in more melodic tunes. But it's in the more stripped-down and less melodic ones (like in "Movies", though I do enjoy the cold synthesized ambiance of that track a lot) where I found this to be a bit tedious. "Mirror Forever" especially was a chore in that regard. Might just be a personal pet-peeve, but yeah, this kind of bothered me. I also thought that some of the tracks didn't have much connecting tissue that really made them stick. So yeah. I think there's definitely some great stuff in there, it just isn't great as a whole.