Trollheart

Album title: August by Cake
Artist: Guided by Voices
Genre: Indie Rock/Alt-Rock/Lo-Fi
Nationality: American
Release date: April 7
Position in Discography: Twenty-Fourth
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Familiar with this artist? No but I have heard of them
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.26
Oh give me strength! Thirty-****ing-two tracks! And they have another album released this year (as in, 2017) so I hope I don't hate this. Well I don't, not as such, but eight tracks in (a quarter of the way, only) and I can't honestly say anything has really stood out to me. Nothing's terrible, either, it's all quite acceptable, but though there's still a whole lot to go I do wonder if it's going to get any better than this. Maybe there are just too many tracks to allow me to concentrate on any potentially superior ones, I don't know, but facing taking on an album of this size is a daunting task in itself, so perhaps I'm unconsciously dismissing some good music. Or not. Okay, “Warm Up to Religion” is fairly decent, but most of this is pretty unremarkable to me. On “Golden Doors” it seems like he forgets how to sing, honestly. I think I'm just glad to be at the end of this.

Check out more from this artist? No; well I'll have to, as they have another album released this year, though hopefully there'll be a few months between the two...
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

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