Music Banter - View Single Post - Fleet Foxes : Helplessness Blues
View Single Post
Old 07-04-2011, 08:16 PM   #49 (permalink)
zachsd
Music Addict
 
zachsd's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 347
Default

It's ok, I guess. Like the musicianship is good. I just can't get past the sort of pseudo-bucolic jerk-fest vibe of the album. "If I had an orchard I'd work till I'm sore" - LOL. Ultimately this album just feels really fake, very shallow. It's like the musical equivalent of a Thomas Kinkade painting. It's nice to look at, but holy fuck it doesn't say anything to me, like absolutely nothing, elicits nothing, etc. (other than just a sort of warm-fuzziness reminiscent of the feeling after you take an especially rewarding shit).

This is a Thomas Kinkade painting, btw.
__________________


Last edited by zachsd; 07-04-2011 at 08:21 PM.
zachsd is offline   Reply With Quote