Author: Bradmin

“Organon” opens introducing a system of logic for the album. Telling us we will experience a deeply biographical work. The album is plodding, reflective and moody with almost a lofi aesthetic vibe. Mixing dreamy vocals with a lofi beat but Hifi synth and keyboards. As it tells a story of growing up in the Canadian…

The entire album has a spanish haunting feel. The opening instrumental sets the tone of sadness and regret leads directly into “She is Gone” No steel guitar or backup singers (just a few backing vocals by Jody Payne)  this is as close I will get to sitting in a room with Willie and listening to…

Where has this album been all my life? The second track is entitled:””The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenience but You’re Going to Have to Leave Now, or, ‘I Have Fought the Big Knives and Will Continue…

Wow. Ok where to start. This to me is a fantasy album. Written in the realm of men but by mortals who are wrestling with greater themes than can be contained in our modern age. But it is not deep into mythical story telling instead it is very down to earth and sticks to themes…

The amazingly beautiful voice of Suh explores the different aspects of love and hope from romantic and family to best friends. It is hard to focus on the lyrics when the vocals are so intoxicating. The simple melodies of the music itself is a just a backdrop for her incredible vocals. Put this album on…

So the album name is open parenthise then closed parenthise. The tracks have no name they are all “Untitled” and all the lyrics are in an imaginary language that the band made up. And all this ridiculousness is incredibly wonderful. It is beautiful and powerful. I am used to listening to music in other languages…

Josh Osborne wrote most of tracks on the album with Kacey. He really shows off his songwriting style in a very optimistic all be it nuanced youthful look at life. Its refreshing from all the pressure on music to be serious and the false assumption that if your being authentic then you must be depressed.…

The highly allegorical narrative of the album lets you pretend you’re in a comic book movie and then just when you’re enjoying the storyline the lyrics come back on you and hit you where you live in the real world. This album is sneaky. The Pink Robots could be depression, or ambition, or insecurity. Basically…

Musically upbeat and vocally buttery velvet this is reminiscent of Ivy’s Long Distance or Jem’s Finally Woken but lyrically retrospective with flavorings of a Shawn Colvin or Jonatha Brooke. The over all theme is longing for intense relationship. She starts with an uncompromising standard in” Nomad” that she would rather be alone than settle for…