Reviews (page 8 of 8)
Most of the songs are immelodious and the guitars are discordant. “Good Flying Birds” was okay but all the songs leading up to that were awful. “Motor Away” was pretty good. “My Valuable Hunting Knife” sounded like an actual song in that the few instruments on the track were on the same page. “Alright” was so bizarre! It’s nearly three minutes long. Other than some ‘Alrights’ early on, there are no lyrics until there are 20 seconds left. Gratefully, the songs are short. Garage rock at its worst.
...my instant reaction this is going to be more of that whacky (cool?) stuff on all those nostalgic/atmopsheric/retro soundtracks of Hollywood 1980s 'vietnam' war films. - way out psychadelic road rock 8 track rediscovery stuff... generously or optimistically thinking "ah, We are in Woodstock territory here. Not sure when I will next be in the mood for that..., but maybe this is ithe time?" If "in-a-gadda-da-vida" is meant to sound like their signature anthem for their album, the first 20 seconds of noodling is fun and familiar, but then its a bit overdone and verges on rock opera.... oh my. the vocals lets this down. not for me.
Look, I was happy to listen to this, but when I got to track 16, Hit, & heard the line “giggling faggots”, I lost all desire to listen further. I googled that track & saw that it had not been missed in online debates about homophobic band lyrics &, indeed, homophobic bands. I’d already spent considerable time following online discussions about the meaning of “lo-fi”, a term used to describe this band. That was a fascinating exercise. I’m pretty sure my ears are extremely lo-fi. I wasn’t perturbed by the quality of these recordings. And I’ve never been against the idea that less is more. But these guys ain't The Ramones. And their 20-second tracks just sound like a wank to me. Other than all that, they certainly sounded like they could write a decent pop song. But I’m not listening.
0.5/5 unlistenable
ylläpito tietää.. päässyt liian korkealle keskiarvo! lähetti tällästä paniikissa. tynnyrin pohja-albimi, likaista.. (explicit song, leave my EFFIN life alone (holy incredible nastiness lyrics)) 41 minuutin kokoinen virhe game of pricks
Ugh.
Of all the albums that have ever been made, how this one made the cut is beyond me.
One of the worst things I have ever heard. This album will bring you closer to death. Should not be anywhere near a list of 1001 albums to hear before you die, unless for the sole purpose of dying while knowing what a fucking TERRIBLE album sounds like. I hated every single second of this.
2 manee sawngs
A disappointing listen. Lo-Fi that sounded very bad on my hi-fi.
Alien voices: Lofi thing can be cool I guess but it gets distracting here. Sometimes there’s like a hiss behind the vocal or drums that is kind of harsh on the ear. I like the super short song thing with these tunes but I feel like if all the songs are that short at least some should feel tighter. Maybe there is potential here but I don’t think this is the best version of this album there could be. It’s not even the production, so many of my favorite recordings are very rough sounding demos. I think the sounding like “I don’t care” thing in punk and alternative rock is really overrated and over represented in this list. Music is definitely worth caring about and I think if there is so much amazing music and musicians in the world- why would I choose to listen to this?
dogshit
Jenkkibändi yhdistää spontaaniutta ja 90-lukulaista mauttomuutta luodakseen oman Pink Flaginsa. Opetus: biisien pilkkominen lyhyiksi näytekappaleiksi ei maagisesti synnytä koukkuja.
Very distinctive guitar
I know he’s meant to a prolific song writing machine but this sounded all over the shop.
Sounds like someone recorded a band jamming for 40 min and then released it. Sometimes there are songs others are just random ideas. Nothing really resonated with me and the recording/mix quality was not the best.
By now I stopped trying to decipher the logic behind the criteria for including albums in this list; there's just too much noise, from the mediocre through to the nothing special, making it impossible to pick up the signal. Which is my way of saying that this is yet another WTF pick for this list, as in - I fail to see what raises this album above the rest. If anything, I can see the opposite.
What is this? it seems like they set out to make the most generic rock album possible.
I did not connect with this music at all. Blah.
Found the song length a bit iritating. Heavy guitar and sad vocals didn't mix for me. Was alright but not for me. Not very polished. King and Caroline is god awful. Ex super model is some snoring?
je ne sais pas ce qui vient de se passer je crois qu’un mec s’endort à un moment puis il joue faux du violon et il chante avec le doigt dans sa bouche un truc comme ça
So odd
This album is 41 minutes long and has 28 tracks. It's like an amuse-bouche concept album, which could be cool if the band making it were competent or interesting in any way. In the hands of a shitty mid-90s indie pop rock band that loves to drop homophobic slurs whenever they get a chance, it's annoying at best. Best track: Alright
Awful. No further words.
I liked the idea of the shorter songs, but it got old real fast
Most of the songs were pretty boring, and when I found a song I liked it ended so quickly because all the songs are like 1 minute long.
wtf is this
Cashing in the first of the three cop out cards I've dealt myself because I listened to my first GBV album at Christmas and it was dreadful. And because their fan base seems to be comprised only of people I don't like.
Short songs that don't seem complete. Hard to get into, I feel like I would like them if they wrote complete songs.
Not good 90s alt
rubbish
Considering their obvious influence, I thought I would enjoy this more than I did. Shame really.
More miss than hit!
shite. 28 songs could combine to make about 3 half decent tunes - if you're lucky.
je donne une étoile parce que les pieces ne durent qu'une minute bravo...
Dit was echt moeilijk om af te luisteren, echt niet mijn jam
I did not like this album