Stars I Give

Featherfall  — ★★★☆☆  3 Stars

An amazing low-budget soulslike game, it takes the core mechanics of a dark souls game and simplify it well maybe simplify it too much, the fighting is a bit clumsy, the enigmatic NPCs are huge don’t care. Although I think I missed a questline or maybe just don’t understand it.

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down — Temple — ★★★☆☆ 3  Stars

Altough I don’t like the vocals I do enjoy listening it and is kinda growing on me. The instrumental on this one are really on point. Danceble beats mixed with great lyrics. The naughy guitar on Temple makes me go crazy. 

King Krule — Man Alive! — ★★★★✭ 4,5 Stars

Lullabies for my inner demons. King Krule is superb, his hoarse voice has the power to beam me somewhere else, somewhere far away, somewhere bizarre and weird yet really beautiful. The crazy saxophon invigorates it in another level. I can’t even describe this album this stuff you have to feel. It may be overwhelming in the beginning but it pays off.

Peach Pit — You and Your Friends — ★★★☆☆ 3 Stars

Somewhat of a timid album, it has great songs but it is inconsistent. The more I listen to it the more I like it and dislike it equally. The good songs just grows on me more and more and the weak songs just become more monotonous.  “Camila, I’m at home” has become my quarantene anthem. People acting alienated as always and I as alway just dacing in my room for weeks.

Halsey — Manic — ★★★✭☆ 3,5 Stars

Manic made me be really confused at first. I feel kinda weird when I hear that she’s happy that she didn’t have a baby with her ex-boyfriend (I don’t know what happened or even who’s the guy but I heard he’s famous and very likely to bee an asshole). But the production is top notch and the vocals are amazing here it is without a doubt her best work so far. It also takes a few steps outside the normalty of “radio” artists that I really appreciate. The outro of “forever ... (is a long time)” is bold yet Manic definitely has ups and downs for me, the first batch of songs are amazing but after “I HATE EVERYBODY” it gets gradually worst bit by bit "929" being definitely the bottom of the well. The intro of that song sounds so fake that I can’t enjoy the song after that.

La Roux — Supervision — ★★☆☆☆ 2 Stars

La Roux makes me happy as no one but I am really disappointed about this album. I feel like there was more about it, there should be more. I wanna to find a reason why it wasn’t amazing. There need to be a reason. There are a good few takes here and there but I won’t be coming back for it as a whole probably ever again.

Surfaces — Horizons — ✭☆☆☆☆ 0,5 Stars

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Chunky Shrapnel — ★★★★☆ 4 Stars

Amongst the various facets of this band one that I most appreciate is their live performances. I personally don't like live albums very much but this throwback me in the day I saw them live and God was it an amazing day. 

Car Seat Headrest — Making a Door Less Open — ★★★★✭ 4,5 Stars

Maybe I like it that much because it’s what I call my favorite band? Maybe. It’s funny how Car Seat Headrest used to be an one man project and now we can feel the importance of the other members in the creative process of making an album. I am really looking forward to seeing they performing it live. It will be cathartic.