Reviews (page 7 of 7)
This is what soulless music sounds like. It sounds like an AI wrote and played these songs and I don't understand how it's on the list. It's listenable which is why it isn't a 1 but it should not be on this list.
Mid
Solid but boring album to me. It has it Moments but it stays always on the surface.
Fine but nothing special
I did not find this to be very good. It probably doesn't help that I don't like this type of music, but even then, the songs on here just don't sound great.
I don’t enjoy the lead singers voice
oof. whiny and shill. 2
Not funky enough for dance music and outside of a couple of decent tracks, not interesting enough for chilled headphone relaxing music. And kinda pretentious to boot. I gave it three attempts and couldn’t get into it at all.
It gives me a very generic M83 vibe, and eventually becomes boring with overused synths, and bland vocals. One thing is for certain: It's not what I'd call church music. Favorite Song: "Under The Tide"
++: Lies, Science/Visions +: We Sink, Gun, Tether, Night Sky +-: The Mother We Are Sharing, Under the Tide, Lungs, By the Throat, You Caught the Light -: Recover 5,5/10
Man, we were really into anthemic synthpop in the early 2010s. It feels like the music is constantly reaching for a sense of deep emotion while remaining incredibly cold at the same time.
phony
The Mother We Share is by far the best song. The rest of the album is meh.
I am a little conflicted on this one. On one hand I can't stand her vocals or the production, and the song writing is a little bland. But on the other hand I like the synth tones, it is pretty good for pop music, and I get a hint of LCD soundsystem. High 2
probably just not my thing, i like my synth music a bit grittier
Just hard to get into the synth pop for me.
Sehr gewöhnlich. Nichts besonderes.
verkligen inte min grej, men vocalsen är väl bra
With a name like that you’re either getting totally psychotic metal, or totally bland millennial electro pop. Unfortunately this is the latter.
Kevyen melankolisen kuivan Flow-2013-indie. Muutama hyvä melodiakulku.
Nice sound, but seemed like variations on a theme.
I've always wondered why I never got into Chvrches and now I know. It's thin, vacuous synth indie pop.
meh. one or two catchy songs. I think they were In FIFA.
2.5. It’s incredibly bland and forgettable, maybe it was designed to be?
Take the u out of “1001 u need to hear” (2.5/5)
Feel ambivalent towards this….
I don't believe this album is really for me overall. Did not really enjoy it. Made me think of Gunship, which I enjoy far more.
Why are there so many electronica albums on this list? No one NEEDS to hear this much electronica, if any at all. A 2-star album by virtue of me not liking it vs. absolutely hating it.
Brought me back to freshman year in college. But most of the songs seemed to blend together in a soft, boring, flow.
The Electropop group CHVRCHΞS took a lot of inspiration from 80's New Wave and the electronic music from the early 90's to pretty much create a modern and polished version of that sound while still keeping it original. It isn't totally bad but I personally do not really care for what they were doing here. To me it sounds like average Synthpop with very obvious Pop intentions. The energetic opening track 'The Mother We Share' is definitely their best known song and I have to say two things about this. Firstly, I think this definitely influenced Taylor Swifts 1989 album. Secondly, this isn't bad. The production is very much alright as are the lyrics and the vocals but it's mainly the songwriting and the groove that make actually enjoy this song. I don't love it by any means, mainly because there are multiple moments in the song that simply don't work and break the songs structure but overall, it is a pretty good song. The very energetic rythmn production on 'We Sink' are definitely something and I don't know if I like it. The songwriting is fine and I do like some parts a lot but others do feel a little bit left off especially the second half of the song after the bridge. It overall falls pretty average but not too bad. The attempt of an atomsphere on 'Gun' with the synths are absolutely destroyed with how obnoxious they are. I don't get why this song gets so much love. It is a basic and annoying song and nothing more. In fact I actually think that this song is overall pretty bad because the parts that make up the song do not work togther at all. It is just a bad listen the whole way through. The Dream Pop and House influences on the 'Tether' are a nice touch at first but they don't work together and are mixed just obnoxiously loud to the point that the song feels even more annoying than it was at first. Near the end the most annoying string synths that I have ever heard enter the ring as well. It's not as bad as its predecessor but it is a pretty badly produced and performed song and is sitting right on the edge of "below average" and just "bad" with a big tendency towards the latter. The production on 'Lies' might actually be my personal favourite on the album. I really like the loud and distorted sound of it and I could really see this in the hands of a Industrial Hip-Hop group but sadly it is done in the Pop way which does not work at all. It feels like chocolate and cheese, simply not good. It's not totally abhorrent because there is quality but the combination is just not really likable. It's still better than the last two but not by a lot. The House influence returns strongly on 'Under the Tide' which also closes the albums first half. It also switches the vocalist which I don't get because the woman did a much better job than he does here but maybe he was just so eager and doing this one. But sadly that decision seems to not work as the vocals firstly, don't fit and secondly, don't sound good. The song is simply bad in terms of vocal performance and the music itself isn't much better. Some bass parts are not on time and at other times it just sounds bad. Right as the second half starts, we are met with another song which does not work in itself. The vocals do not fit on the production in terms of flow. It sounds jerky and stupid and creates no flow at all. Even Taylor Swift would've perfromed this song better. It is genuinely just a bad Pop song. Sadly, 'Night Sky' isn't much better. It is a bit more enjoyable which does not mean that it is enjoyable. The song is still pretty bad and the songwriting and structuring does not work at all but it at least has a few moments that are slightly entertaining. The lyrics and vocals are just corny though making this overall still not a pleasent experience. 'Science / Visions' definitely tries to sound futuristic and like it actually knows how to structure a song. It definitely builds up and in another context (like a Post-Punk song) this would actually be good but in this Synthpop context it sounds unfinished, overindulgent and unfocused. The result is as bad as the previous songs but maybe a little bit better because the vocal delivery is slightly more on point and at least helps the track. The already weird beginning of 'Lungs' give me pretty much no hope for it and I was right. Who thought that this band trying Glitch Pop would be a good idea??? Björk's Vespertine is how you do Glitch Pop. This just sounds terrible. Genuinely this is the only song so far where I'd say that it's not just bad but on the verge of being simply unlistenable. Glitch Pop is a weird genre and sound and if done right that can create incredible sounds but this is just abhorrent. 'By the Throat' is better but still pretty bad. The production is straight up terrible at points and the songwriting is not much better. The vocals and lyrics are also really uninteresting but it's mainly the backing vocals that are so fucked up that they destroy the song. Bad. The album, finally, closes with 'You Caught the Light' which happens to be the albums longest song and tries to go a more atmospheric, relaxed and even etheral path but this sonic experiment pretty much fails. The synths are annoying and mixed way too loudly and nearly sound distorted. If this was an obvious and genuine attempt at creating a sound like this, it might've worked but this tries to be Pop and not Post-Industrial. The song does get a little better when the male vocalist returns but it's ruined pretty quickly (although there wasn't much to ruin) with the return of the synths. Genuinely unpleasent to hear, straight up terrible. favourites: The Mother We Share least favourites: Lungs, You Caught the Light, Tether, the entire rest (except We Sink) Rating: decent 3 https://rateyourmusic.com/~Emil_ph for more ratings, reviews and takes
Not my thing at all.
I didn't have high expectations, but I had higher expectations.
The negativity in the lyrics in the lighthearted, upbeat music was disturbing. Not for me.
I like this group but this outing is instantly forgettable. Nothing sticks nothing nothing to hum along to
Inn um annað, út um hitt.
I think ClearChannel ruined this album for me. I've heard "The Mother We Share" before, back when I lived in an area with one "alternative" station, and that song got played to death. It's an okay track, it never made me want to seek out more, so here we are. Unfortunately, a lot of the songs feel a little too close for comfort. The modern production on this makes the entire record feel pretty sanitary, though I will admit I do enjoy the atmosphere that blankets the record, and the Scottish vocals throughout. It's just not my thing. Favorite track: "Science/Visions"
This is the first album I've had so far by an artist I've seen live! I saw Chvrches when they opened for Coldplay The only song I was familiar with was The Mother We Share which I like. The rest aren't very good - some were terrible And over an hour long? Rough The male singers songs were much better than the females Music you'd hear in H&M stores 2 ⭐️
Way too pop and basic for me.
Not my jam - not bad, just not good either.
Not quite. 2.5
Not bad, not great. Most boring album yet in terms of what I have to say about it.
Formulaic and unoriginal
not my jam, pretty monotone..
Not my style of music by any stretch. Even still this is fairly bland, repetitive and vocally similar to plenty of female pop artists. Most of sounds like stock music played as background on TikTok/Youtube videos.
Edgy 2010s hipster music with edgy spelling. They even dare to say “fuck”. Album has not aged well. 2/5
Millennial synth pop. Couldn't get into it
Lieblich aber auch ohne Kanten, nicht so meines
ich mag die stimme leider gar nicht ellie goulding science/visions ganz gut
Good on small doses, but I couldn't listen to the whole thing.
Not my vibe.
Sugary, retro 80s synth pop. Some catchy hooks, for sure, but rather vapid and unremarkable on the whole. High energy, but not much thought or depth for repeated listens. If music were drinks this is a vodka and Red Bull. Best track is the opener.
Es una electrónica comercial moderna, donde canta una mina. Bastante flaco.
Gillar ju elektronisk musik men detta är alltför trist.
Don’t know this. Let’s go ‘We have Silversun Pickups at home’ Sounds just like them but softer and significantly less challenging. Pleasant voice There’s not much here. Superficial. 2 star
A bit samey overall. I was hoping that it would grow on me, but it started to grate as it went on.
I was vaguely aware of the band but in my head they had a male lead singer (maybe I was thinking Eric Church?). Decent pop album I guess, no idea what makes this album significant enough to make this list.
Not my thing
It's quite monotonic
Synth-based pop. Could have come from the 80s or 90s. It's OK. Upside...they are Scottish.
Too pop for me
There are better synth pop albums out there
Solider EDM. Nix besonderes.
This really sounded like a mixture between Lorde and Kidz Bop somehow… I felt as though the last song didn’t fit in the album either- it completely felt different and was surprising to hear. I’m not really sure how to feel about this album; it felt a little immature but also deep, although I know those are contradictory. I didn’t hate it but it confused me in a not great way.
Not bad but not my cup of tea
The synth-pop was a fun change but it’s not my favorite, the lyrics/voice was too much for me.
This is very much not my kind of music, but a couple of sounds kind of won me over. I thought Science/Visions was a standout. I doubt I will think about this album again after today, but for what it is, I think it is a good example of this kind of music.
I'd like to like Chvrches more, but I just don't find a connection with it. Some of the 'hits' are interesting, but, overall, it doesn't ignite anything for me.
I did not like this. I found this to be very mediocre.
Catchy, well done pop. The voice sounds so neutral, that it doesn't express any emotion at all to me, the music has it moments but tires fast as it doesn't swing. Ultimately it's well done but sounds sterile to me.
Idc about this. Gun is the only song I kind of liked.
Album 383 of 1001 CHVRCHES - The Bones Of What You Believe Rating : 2.5 / 5 Electronica Pop. For me, it is listenable. Probably a favorite of some. I can see the appeal but it just doesn't hit for me.
This kind of mvsic is so sovlless and BORING. Both “The Mother We Share” and “Recover” were nice trips down memory lane for me. I remember hearing them all the time on my local alternative radio station a decade ago. I’ve grown a lot. For me it’s a 2.
again-why is this on the list? it's just very "meh". I will forget this in another hour. 2.5 stars
Couldnt really get into it, and I forgot it relatively quickly. Maybe I’m being a little harsh though
I listened to this a lot today for no particular reason. I guess, at first, I just kept going back to re-listen to the first track—an undeniably good song with a lot of (good) nostalgiac baggage. And each time I went back I made it further through the rest of the album, which doesn’t impress me in any particular way, but doesn’t much bother me either. It’s like an FM radio station that plays the sort of musical white noise I can shut off too when I can’t decide what to listen to myself. Every now and again I’d think this sounds like the stadium-filling version of what the Postal Service did. Or that it’s like Passion Pit, but U2ier. All-in-all, some 10 years on and CHVRCHES has kind of wound up one-hit-wonders. Which is a shame coming from a bad I really want like more. Unfortunately, no other moment on this record does much of anything at all for me beyond allowing me to tune out. That, and it’s too long.
Yeah, it isn't what it was 10 years ago - feels a bit tepid in places. Influential, but also culpable. And a million miles away from the magic that is proper 80s synth pop
Classic 2010’s indie electronic pop sound. Not always my thing but they had a few gems. Mother we share was my favorite.
I'm not the target audience here. I don't dance. I could appreicate the production, but that doesn't mean that I like it. It sounded like the soundtrack for an American Candy Store.
A more popular and poppier Purity Ring, who did it a whole year earlier. I'll stick with Purity Ring.
I guess it’s alright for synth pop, synth pop is just really not my thing.
too poppy and synth techno even more me.
When this began, I was feeling OK about it — not my genre of choice, way too synthesized for my taste, but I was smitten with the sounds they were producing. By track 4, I was really tired of the sound. Seems to me there's nothing under the sheen. My dissatisfaction only grew from there.
An album of its time, with the same production choices and vocal inflections that seemed to get every pop station itching for more of the same you could argue this era of music has permanently left a crack in the pop industry, one that didn't really start to heal until the last couple of years. It just feels like every song from 2013 sounded like this, and if it didn't, it was trying to. This specific attempt is inoffensive most of the time, with decent moments buried under what feels like heaps of overproduced beats and synths, only feeling especially eye-roll worthy when the male vocalist appears and it becomes a cheese fest. I know this era is trying to emulate the 80s in its design, but the 80s has a charm to it that this lacks, and I say that as someone who did not grow up in the 80s at all. That isn't to say all 80s music is free from the issues here, because its far from that, but nothing from this brand of synthpop seems to have that memorable quality to it, only leading to me asking if I know any of the music here, or if its just the flavor of the week. Anyway, I've gotten a tad off topic. There's some neat things near the end (although not that final track, yuck) with scratchy bass lines and neat soundscapes that I could see getting one pumped in the right mood, but otherwise I feel this earns its way as memories of a bygone era more than something to still listen to today, and if I'm talking like that about an album from only a decade ago, then who knows how poorly this could age in another ten years?
Not my jam.
Nice to hear some 80s vibes again, but nothing really stood out for me.
a bit too pop for me, and not in a good way...
Very much a product of its time. Not really my thing.
not my thing
Beautifully produced album with a pleasant sound and a good energy. I could see why someone would love it but it’s just not for me. Between the sugar-coated synths and the lead singer’s cutesy voice, the music is a bit too precious for me. I find it a little grating. I remember when this album came out and hearing friends rave about Chvrches. For my money, I preferred Purity Ring, whose debut album came out around the same time. They have a similar style to Chvrches but are a little more spare and melancholy and have some hip-hop drums. I actually just put on that Purity Ring album and I’m enjoying it much more. Anyway, Chvrches aren’t my speed but I see the appeal.
Overrated band
Didn't really listen to the whole thing. Wasn't vibing
I listened to it but couldn't tell you anything about it
You ever listen to some YouTube video that plays a song you love but in a major key and it sounds really wrong? I kept having that feeling while listening to this album. Take synth arrangements I love, recast them in an upbeat, happy key, overlay them with saccharine-sweet vocals. This is just really really not working for me. Feeling generous giving it a 2.
Bubblegum music-nope.
opens with a banger, then loses interest for me
ikke helt min greie
I had heard of them, but had not listened to them that I know of. I almost gave up on this one, even stopped it for a wile, but kept going just to see. And finally - 'You caught the light' came on. Nice, slower, not so poppy or synth-y. Really liked the dreamy tone of it. After that there were a couple more good ones, but most of it - not for me.
Taylor Swift without whatever makes Taylor Swift great and I don't know what that is.
This is a new album/band for me. No loss to me missing this the first time around - it is pure cotton candy. Looks pretty at first glance, but there's no substance and it evaporates into nothingness.
Gear: Nectar Bee Mische: Sub-Bass schiebt teils ordentlich, Vocals und insbesondere Pop-Chorus überpräsent bis unterträglich Mugge: Schade - wesentlich mehr Pop und weniger inspirierte Synths als erhofft Wertung: 2/5
2 - Nothing here really impressed me. I genuinely can't tell if I've heard some of these songs before or if they just sound like something I would have heard on the radio at some point? I think I don't really like production like this, which made it harder to enjoy the music. It had moments that I could enjoy, but nothing amazing. I wasn't crazy about the vocals either, especially the male vocals. I don't know, just not for me.
Not doing it for me
I've seen Churches and Metric live. With the exception of a little guitar, completely interchangeable. The start of this record is a synth drenched soundscape that's boring but fine. By then though it's all boring 808s and a Casio piano. I don't know what happened here. But the end of this is wildly lazy.
I like a lot of synth driven music and have heard enough hype about this band to give them a listen a few times prior and it just never grabs me. Singer probably could’ve had a mediocre mallpop career in the 80s. I liked her voice more on Science/Visions more where she’s putting some punch behind it, but otherwise it just doesn’t grab me.
I don’t even dislike the “sound” of this album, I’ve definitely heard and liked some of these and the band’s other songs before. In isolation, I can vibe with their songs. But a full album is very cloying for me. Sorry CHVRCHES.
This is very boring and the lyrics don't scan well. I have no idea why it's on the list.
Never had heard of it previously. It was unremarkable. No need to revisit.
Dance music. The vocalist sounds a lot like a young Madonna. Not my favorite genre, but they do have talent.
Electronic rock, bland, vocalist Lauren Murray is good but unspectacular. She sounds very similar to other currently female vocalists. Lack of guitar really takes the soul out of the music for me. 5.7/10
I'm not sure how to really rate this. Or review it for that matter. Her voice is pleasant. Very pretty. Music is all digital, electronic, drum machines, backing vocals are distorted in most songs. I like electronic music when it's not all in your face and more of a medium to the over all piece. In this album, I'm assuming in the releases too, it's forced down your throat. I don't really care for it to be honest. It sounds like it's made in the dorm of a college girl. That's not necessarily a bad thing... But it is all similar sounding. The album drags on at only an hour WITH bonus tracks that I skipped. As I don't care for extras when reviewing this. Unless the album is a 5/5. Lyrics are clearly targeted towards a younger crowd. I can see highschool girls loving this! And that's awesome! Everyone needs something. But as a 35 year old male with a constant crave for guitar riffs, impeccable production, and a tight and explosive rhythm section... This is just not for me. Moving on.
See the review for 2 albums below - essentially the same. More of a pop sound to this one and less reliant on the synth and more on the vocals (some nice duets), but overall not super interesting.
Nothing particularly wrong with it. Just dull, forgettable and very uncharismatic
This album perfectly encapsulates most of the albums on this list: it's not bad for what it is, but that doesn't make it worth ones time. "Science/Visions" was the only standout and there isn't anything really memorable about it. There a saying that is something along the lines of, "That meeting would have been better as an email". That's a good descriptor of these 12 tracks.
Fine but not my cup of tea
Wel leuk, maar ook wel erg poppy
I have never listened to CHVRCHES and honestly didn't really know what to expect. And they sounded super similar to what I was expecting. This was fine, perfectly pleasant, not really for me on a regular basis.
Nothing to see here or rather nothing to hear here.
Yeah, this was pretty sucky. By the end of the first track I'd pretty much heard all I was going to hear. Retro-synth-pop for no reason I can think of, nothing new, nothing interesting. Just a dozen or so tracks that were almost identical, vapid, boring. Notably, the only track I half-liked (and the only reason for a 2-star rating) was the last track, where the female singer is either not present, or in the background. Maybe I only liked this slightly more because it sounded different? Not a good album by any means; they can't even spell properly!
It was mediocre, but I'm bitter because I'm on a stretch of mediocre albums and I don't like bands that write their names with characters I don't even know how to type.
Compliant.
Electronic pop. Not great
I don’t think this album is as good as other people seem to think.
Wow, this is dull. I can't even muster up the will to review it. I just want to take this space to apologize to Lightning Bolt. I should have just given you the 3 stars yesterday.
Yuck. This is like eating a plate of candy for dinner. And not chocolates either, but the artificially flavored fruit ones that get stuck on your teeth.
The only original thing about this is that there’s not an original note in it.
4/10
If this were a person, they would have the most bland and basic personality ever.
I don't have much to say here... doesn't really belong on the list and is relatively derivative 80s synth pop that some Scots brought back into the mainstream. Unsure why it got added other than for some global diversity during the list update.
Hate this kind of music. Just listen to The Knife instead to hear this music with actual backbone.
Kann ich nix mit anfangen. Mehrmals versucht, weiterzuhören, allein es ist mir nicht gelungen. Öd.
The tracks were abit...samey. Had it on in the background and didn't notice it finish
After everything I’ve read over the years, I thought I might like this, but it didn’t grab me.
Its all a bit clean for my tastes. Interestingly I listened to some Crystal Castles before this and much preferred it Disappointing but OK
Couldn't really get into this
Poppig. Bis jetzt ganz OK. Also tönt alles chli glich. Es Konzert mit dene isch sicher sehr tanzbar. Aber irgendwie eifach so lose magi das nöd umbedingt. Kei Grossi Emotione. So 2 bis 3 Stern.
the wifey enjoys synth-pop bands such as this… her husband, however, does not.
Recognized this from LA hipster radio about a decade ago. "Morning Becomes Eclectic", yeah buddy if you consider Tikka Masala "spicy". The good bits sound like a dry run for Taylor Swift, and those are few and far between.
bland, boring, repetitive electro pop
The Mother We Share is amazing, but nothing quite compares to it. There are better 2010's synthpop/electropop picks for such a list, for sure.
Not for me pop
Synth-pop doesn't do a whole lot for me, especially in album form. Listening to single tracks would be fine, but an entire album just starts to wear on me.
Me molesta la voz. Me parece pop electrónico malardo, nada muy destacable, como que quiere ser The Knife pero les falta onda... Me gustaron más los bonus tracks.
si no viniera de escuchar king crimson justo antes, podría haber sido un discazo. por ahora flojito.
Sounds same same through the album. This may be one that needs multiple listens but none of the songs really grabbed me and made me interested 4/10
not the worst but her voice just annoyed me a bit
Definition of mid
It feels like pop, made by people who really like Depeche Mode and wanted a bit of 'edge'. I found it a bit dull a decade ago, and coming back to it now, I still find it blandly appealing. Like Sade and a few others before, it feels more like an album you put on to demonstrate your exquisite taste, rather than to enjoy...
so pop music with guitars?
Bubble gum pop isn’t for me
Not my bag. My wife liked it though.
nothing special but good sound
Not my sound.
Not unforgettabile indietronic music
You know people who first appear alternative and edgy, but on closer inspection the outfit is a little bit too expensive and general appearance a little too clean-cut? Often x-tian vibes radiate. This is the musical equivalent of that.
No. Not this one. This just sucks.
I don't understand why this album is on this list.
Попса. Скучная
No. Just no. 1
0 swag. Not for me!
Never heard of this artist, sounds like a modern indie flavoured synth pop which I swear I already heard so many times before, this is so damn boring. I am wondering if they will even reach 2 stars, just because it's a synth pop which I don't mind but I don't know.. P.S. Honestly I cant even finish this, so probably no more than 1.5 on RYM, not sure if 1 or 2 stars here, really quite boring stuff.
Absolutely no lol
Is this another one of those Frankenstein monster things where there is no actual playing of instruments, just sequencing? I don't know what to say really.
I recognise Recover from this record, and not because it's good. To me this album is torture.
Day874 - i don’t know what’s worse the band name or the music they make
I just couldn't get into any songs though was finding it interesting throughout
Not my type of music
Why? From the cheesy use of the V in the name, to the cheesy synths, to the cheesy overproduced vocals, this album is awful on so many levels. I guess some people like EDM inspired synth pop and if that’s the case then fill your boots as it’s probably a decent enough example of the genre. Personally, I’d rather have my gonads put through a cheese grater then ever have to listen to this guff again.
Atrocious.
No
I don’t normally hate synth pop, but I couldn’t stand this and it took a lot of effort to get through the whole thing. Just felt like generic and boring dance music with generic and boring indie vocals layered on top. Also as an aside with no real impact to my rating, but I work with radiation and seeing trefoils used in pop culture is a huge pet peeve.
Hard pass
bro idk
This was painful, I have nothing redeeming to say. It was just… toothache inducing vocals with synths that I couldn’t care less about. Plus simply too long of an album. Season: 2012 Favorite Song: Tether
My favorite thing about the generator is the musical diversity it exposes me to. But in a world where we’re fine leaving Jets players out of the pro bowl, we sure as shit don’t need representation from whatever the fuck this genre is. This is horrific. This makes me pine for the Fleet Foxes
Not my style
Another one that makes me question it's inclusion. What on earth is this supposed to be giving us that we haven't heard a hundred times before? At worst it's generic, over-produced pop music. At best (being generous) it's like a fusion of 80's synth pop and Alanis Morisette. Music for people who like 80's pop but don't want to listen to "old music".
This is tough to get through. The longer it goes the more I hate it Will I listen to again: 0%
Millennials ahoy
Just not for me
Niet mijn stijl
I did not like the lead singers voice. It didn’t sit right with me
not my jam.
I would rather sit through Cats twice than listen to this again.
- .... to quote Neil in The Young Ones ... "BORING. BORED, BORED, BORED! ... 1.5 rounded down because it's so completely, boringly derivative. -
Tycker inte det är så jäääävla dåligt egentligen, är väl peppig helt ok pop! Men helt sjukt att det här albumet är med på listan då jag inte tycker det uppfyller några som helst kriterier för att vara det. En etta i protest.
Hade riktigt svårt för det här, speciellt rösten. Bubblegums-pop blandat med helt okej synth typ. Uuh
Grating
So so bad, how this is on the list I don't know
Oh goody, another chance to slag off the 2000s. I’m no fan of 80s synth pop, but at least the best songs were catchy. What the bejesus this more contemporary version is supposed to bring to the world is beyond me. Are there any uplifting or good hooks in the lyrics and melodies? Nope. Any novel electronic sounds and beats or excitement whatsoever? Absolutely zero. I seem to recall these guys were considered ‘indie’ at the time. Seriously? What’s gone wrong with the kids in recent years, where’s the invention, so much ‘new’ music including pop is so effin ploddy and bland. Why do so many bands sound like something their parents would wholeheartedly approve of, that ain’t rock and roll is it?!?!
Not for me. Couldn’t get into it. Was very bored
Generic girl pop playing bad New Order covers on a cheap keyboard.
CHVRCHES’ The Bones of What You Believe is an astonishingly boring debut. The songs drift along in an almost identical synth-pop formula, with no tension, no surprises, and no real character. Everything sounds cleanly produced but as interchangeable as background music from a commercial. Lauren Mayberry’s voice is clear, but it does little to save the completely predictable hooks. In the end, it’s an album you forget immediately after listening — and that might honestly be the best thing about it. CHVRCHES’ The Bones of What You Believe ist ein erstaunlich langweiliges Debüt. Die Songs plätschern in nahezu identischer Synth-Pop-Formel dahin, ohne Spannung, ohne Überraschung, ohne echten Charakter. Alles klingt sauber produziert, aber austauschbar wie Hintergrundmusik aus einem Werbespot. Lauren Mayberrys Stimme ist zwar klar, trägt aber wenig zur Rettung der völlig vorhersehbaren Hooks bei. Unterm Strich: ein Album, das man nach dem Hören sofort wieder vergessen hat – und das ist vielleicht sogar das Beste daran.
Bland and overproduced pop does not have a place here.
Not that great
You can guarantee that as soon as the editors of this list heard in 2013 that a new synth pop album came out, despite it being 30 years past relevance, they had a joy aneurism and immediately kicked off some more deserving album. Starts off sounding like candy pop. Second song continues sounding like candy pop with more synth. As it goes on, the album kind of gives me the sense of some sort of millenial coming of age movie that bombed in theaters but 12 years olds say "Dad, you just don't get it. But our uncle Sven who grew up listening to 80s pop jams to it."
Bit cheesy and sweet for me. Mostly sounds like a decent for Eurovision entry in 2011.
Very skillfully crafted ultra poppy saccharine garbage. I got my hopes up several times, but was unable to make it all the way through a track.
Boring. Sounds like it was made with the idea of selling the songs to commercials and overly earnest mid budget indie movies. Did not finish.
Dette var en gruppe jeg hørte om en gang, da /mu/ hadde et kollektivt crush på vokalisten. Siden den gang, har jeg knapt nok hørt om denne gruppa. Etter å ha hørt skiva, er det god grunn til det. Dette er den type skive noen kommer til å grave frem fra glemmeboka om 20 år og si "woah, drøyt bra synthpop fra starten av millenniet -- underrated." Bare nei, dude, dette glemte vi med vilje. Noe ved denne skiva bare funker ikke for meg i det hele tatt. Jo lenger jeg hører på den, desto hardere trykker den på en eller annen nerve som irriterer meg. Er det for fake 80s? Er det fake sentimentalitet? Er det at den er dominert av synth-lyder som hverken er originale eller som rekontextualiserer presets man har hørt før? Eller er det en mismatch mellom vokalen og intstrumentalen? Sikkert litt av alt, men fordelingen blir jeg ikke helt klok på. Det kan hende jeg tar feil. Hvis indie pop fra rundt 2010 hadde en sound, så var det denne. En slags post-MGMT, new romantic synthpop med digitale synth leads og emosjonell vokal. Men når jeg tenker over det, tror jeg det nesten bare er vokalisten som tar musikken i en kontemporær retning, mens instrumentalen er 80s pastiche. Fortjener kanskje to stjerner, men nervene mine beslagla den andre.
Dette er det første ordentlige 2010 elektropop albumet vi får. Med vocal chops og hele pakka. Håper det ikke blir noe særlig mer av det. Dette orker jeg ikke
I've never listened to this album (21). Boring and bland. Mall music.
Definitely not my style at all. Very pop-y and repetitive. I think I could comfortably die without listening to this album
Nope. I can't do it. This is not the first time I've heard songs from this albvm, but it's the first time I've attempted to intentionally listen to any of it. It's really terrible. It combines the worst of '80s synth pop with the worst 2010s pop singing. I gave every song on the albvm a solid try. I listened to at least the first 30 seconds, and a random 30 seconds in the middle of each song. That's all I could manage. There were no songs that I could listen to straight throvgh. It's hard to tell if this shovld be one star or two stars. One Star seems kind of mean to this band that is probably nice people. Bvt it does fit my one-star criteria of never wanting to hear it again and actively going ovt of my way to make svre that happens.
The cover art is cool. I thought this would be something much different than it is. My bias against female pop vocals instantly took hold. The dude sucked too. But, ignoring that, the instrumentals are boring. To me they almost are something interesting, like an imitation of music I would be into. Instead I find it boring, repetitive, and my first 1 star.
I am not a fan of this album. First three songs and I was out. The electro drum beats and the overall feel of this album is really not my style.
No thanks, not a fan
Meh.
If you're substituting a V for a U in your band name, you better damn well be playing black metal. Awful, danceable, pop garbage. Fuck this.
Not for me
Almost nothing that makes me think oh that was interesting or I liked that. Like a very uninteresting m83. Sad thing is that I could totally see myself listening through this album fishing for new music to listen to. I’m deeply offended.
This is boring AF.
I did not use a private session on Spotify for this one. From the synth heavy opening chords, to the poppy sound I could tell from track band isn't for me. Generic poppy keyboard driven trash. Another album I could have died and not heard and been better off for it. The bonus tracks are what dropped it from a 2 star to a 1 star, I didn't need more of that crap.
Upbeat electronic beats with twee vocals and doom-laden lyrics. The combo of pop music mixed with morose themes has been done to shit by British bands. It's nothing new just because someone says they are 'witch house' or 'dream pop' or whatever shit this is. Purity Ring did something similar but at least made it sound new and artistic.
Ew, bland and generic. Did not finish this because it was so awful. 0/5 stars.
Extremely not for me, but Lauren Mayberry's vocals are very, very good.
1/5
I fucking hate this. I almost hate it more than I hate Radiohead.
The ugly result of real artists not being able to afford being in bands is you get these dead eyed trust fund kids sloshing cash about on slick gear and production who can’t produce a single worthy second and get released anyway because there is no viable alternative. I hate this.
Largo y bastante similar todas las canciones salvo algunas
Strašno, neslušljivo, nisam mogla. 1/5, 1/10
This is probably good if you're a 12-year-old girl. I'm not that.
I tried to listen but just can't handle pop music sorry kids
I don't like how wispy the vocals are, quite ephemeral (as in, doesn't stick in my mind, and forgettable). Just a bit too dull for me, forgettable synth-pop. Could be from last year, could be from 20 years ago.
I need to stop reading the description first so that I can hate an album first, then learn about it. If this is described as “a synth-pop and indie pop album that incorporates 1980s influences,” there’s no way I’m going to dig it. Drat. I was right. That was a very accurate description.
Sounds like AI generated video game music. I hate it.
Groupe inconnu. Et qui aurait dû le rester. Pop standard avec vraiment aucune originalité ni intérêt musical. Très répétitif, trop long, je n'ai pas pu aller au bout. Jamais plvs. =>1/5
SHIT WHAT. A WASTE OF A RIDE TO WORK I NEED TO GO TO CHURCH TO FUCKING WASH MYSELF OF A SIN THAT IS THIS ALBUM
Pareceu-me apenas uma tentativa de derivação preguiçosa do Cocteau Twins.
It starts off sounding like closing credit songs from a mediocre Disney movie and gets worse as the songwriting gives way to audio "written" and arranged by computer programmers and performed by computers churning out digital tones. It's the audio equivalent of watching a CGI screen saver. It promises wonder but delivers only vague spiritual confusion, alienation, and dread. I was pretty proud of myself for getting through six songs when I saw ITS A DOUBLE ALBUM!! It's 6:20 a.m. and I'm going back to Iron Maiden. Even first thing in the morning I prefer the animalism of satanic metal over this lifeless chamber of virtual sounds.
I hated this stuff in 2013 and still hate it now. Sounds like folding shirts at a Forever 21 ten years ago. This dogshit is what made me lose interest in modern indie and start getting more into older stuff and punk.
I think there does exist EDM/electronic pop that is profound or has something to say. This wasn't it.
DID NOT LISTEN - No good reviews, so Couldn't be bothered… Decided to listen to Troye Sivan instead
I'd guess there's a few scenes in direct-to-streaming movies where one of these songs hits just right. A pop album that makes no attempt to differentiate itself, barely any attempt to make the listener feel anything. Musically it might be about a 2. As a cultural marker it's something like sitting on the couch watching nostalgic Netflix, reminiscing, "remember when we used to think about pretending to try?". 1 star. hated. (⌐■_■)
Listening to Chvrches was not a religious experience.
Another modern take on 1980s synth-pop. Boring, uninspiring, and a waste of time.
Why do I remember liking this?
Bit odd and lax
1. mother - 1 2. zink - 1 3. gun - 1 4. tether - 1.5 5. liez - 1 6. tide - 1 7. recover - 1 8. night - 1 9. zcience - 1.5 10. lungz - 1.5 11. throat - 1 12. light - 1.5 13. hand - 1 14. bonez - 1.5 15. gun - 1 16. mother - 0
Pop halt
Utter rubbish
I thought I might like this more when I revisited it but I really didn’t. It’s insipid. Cannot work out how or why this would be rated.
Sorry but I'm not religiovs
nope no thanks
Per Wikipedia: 'Kyle Ryan of The A.V. Club complimented Mayberry's songwriting and wrote that Chvrches "have crafted one of the year's best albums, which means that buzz won't be dying down any time soon." ' Well, it *did* die down. The more Chvrches released albums after this debut, the less the rave was noticeable. And so reviews for that cheesy synth pop band became less and less positive, until ten years later, virtually no one gives a rat's ass about their music. And truth be told, the latter was not even that extraordinary in that debut LP. Chvrches is, for all intents and purposes, a watered-down version of The Knife / Fever Ray, Baths or early Grimes, without the quirks or the creative spark that made the latter artful, mesmerizing or inspiring. With a different, more sophisticated chord sequence, cuts such as "Lies" or "Science/Visions" could have had some merits. Unfortunately, style *always* takes precedence over substance in *The Bones Of What You Believe*, a revealing title in the sense that there's zero "flesh" in this album. The result is the blandest harmonies and the most predictable vocal lines you can imagine this side of late-noughts / early 2010s "poptimism". Lauren Mayberry is not even that stellar a performer. Behind all the gloss, some of the vocals have their share of flaws and undercooked aspects. And for a record with such obvious commercial goals, such flaws are laughable at best. So including this record in a 1001 "essential albums" list only betrays how out of touch said list has become for the last two decades. Dimery and co. trying to stay "hip" during the 21st century mostly produced blunders of epic proportions. As is the case here. Incredible how this album aged fast. You can bet your boots the next time there will be an eighties resurgence, most listeners with a decent knowledge of music history will still dismiss Chvrches as a mere footnote about passing trends that don't matter in the long run (file under "poptimism", once again). Of course, that will take out Taylor Swift fans, who might see some sort of lineage between Chvrches and their idol's latest synth-pop "era". But are Taylor Swift fans *really* interested in music history? The jury's still out on this one... 1/5 for the purposes of this list. 6/10 for more general purposes (5 + 1) Number of albums left to review: 170 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 361 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 208 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 265 (including this one)
1.6 I ended up skipping part way through every song, that can't be good.
Too pop.
Scottish synth-pop, so I should like it but I rather prefer acts like the Knife, Fever Ray, Ladytron, Robyn etc. Would have gone for 2*, but the lyrics are bringing it down.
Beats me why this is on the list. The overall sound of the band is not that bad, but the vocals are quite annoying and the songs are extremely formulaic.
Someone discovered their grandma's synthesizers!
Will Never listen to that album anymore, really not interesting
how on earth did this make it on the list
obvs sounds like a parody of 2013 synthy indie pop. so incredibly samey and boring. feel like you had to be there to get it.
This over-produced and overblown sound is most of what I hated about 80s synth pop. Sadly more Howard Jones than The Human League. This has taken the generic bits of that style and ditched any of the rough edges that made it interesting.
Did not like this.
1 - I had heard of these guys but never listened to them, and was surprised to see them on the list. I was excited to see if I’d been missing out all this time…I had not. This album does not belong on this list. Every song sounded the same, there was nothing ground breaking in it. Against other albums in this list it lacks any maturity.
I tried, but I just cant 1
Get the fuck outta here with this
Meaningless background music that the radio plays on your way home at 9pm that makes you want to kill yourself
I am so wrong for this
Absolutely horrible. Couldn’t make it more than 3 songs without needing to grab the sick bucket
Very meh. I like 90s EDM and EDM influenced music better
1.5 Synth pop. Not for me.
Garbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaage
I tried so hard to escape this style of music when it was popular in the early 2010s. Now it comes back to haunt me.
No
trash
Tries to be poppy without being catchy, tries to be experimental without pushing the envelopes. In other words, it doesn't know what it's trying to be, and it still fails at it. Good night. 🦴
I just so wanted to like this band but it's just derivative trendy pop and it's just so so samey too. I'm sorry. But there I've said it. It's like they bought a load of 80s and 90s electro-pop records and thought "None of our potential fans will have ever heard of these great bands so lets copy them plus let's get an attractive lead singer too" then lo-and-behold people flocked from far and wide to pay homage.
Bastante flojito la verdad. Medio monotónico, podría haber sido un discazo de ruta, pero está todo en un nivel, nunca termina de bajar, nunca termina de subir. Buena producción y bases igual Sobra gomina
Too poppy and upbeat for me
No
Seriously why is this garbage on the list
not much happening, like at all, swear its the same song played on repeat for 50 mins feels like credit music for an animated film i would watch if i was 10 again
I'd rather listen to Lana Del Ray