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Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots (2014)

What an absolute snore-fest.

Sounds about right. It's pretty and all, but I can't stay awake to appreciate the prettiness.

I think Albarn and Coxon have always struggled when left entirely to their own devices. I think they need other people around them i.e. Blur, or Gorrilaz.
Not heard this album but from what I've heard of both's solo material it's vastly underwhelming.

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FKA twigs - LP1
I should really like this album. I want to like it. I've really been enjoying this new quiet, artsy, slighty poppy style of r&b that has been going on for the last few years, but wow was this unbelievably boring. Two Weeks is a fun single, and Pendulum was beautiful (maybe one of the best songs of the year), but the rest of the album misses hard for me.

^ basically my exact opinion on it. It seems like something id love; lush, sharp, kinda dark, etc. But yeah, it's ok at best for me (and i love boring music..). Just so strange. I can hear a lot of The xx or The Weeknd here, but the whole album floated by like nothing happened. It was like i wasnt even listening to music. So strange, and im not sure im willing to give it another chance, atleast for the time being.

I got about 4 songs into that album on Spotify and gave up. I've been trying to get more into R&B but this definitely isn't going to be the album to do it for me.

If you're trying out some contemporary R&B albums, give this a shot.


Majid Jordan - A Place Like This (2014)

Yeah, I got that FKA twigs album today also but it's on my listen to list. Still have others to go before I get to it.

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Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World (2014)

I think I'm starting to understand why these guys broke up shortly after releasing their debut LP in 2004, it's impossible to make a follow-up in the same vein that doesn't sound derivative. You would have to completely ditch the punk aspect and try a different bass heavy dance genre, or go more electronic. If The Physical World had been released a few years after You're A Woman, I'm A Machine this wouldn't feel like such a letdown, but it really does sound like the same thing, but with less of an edge. It's also more than a little creepy to have a vocalist in their 30's talking about where all the virgins have gone, just saying.

I don't think this is going to taint the legacy of the band, because it's not a bad album, but it seems a little weak to come back a decade later with the same exact sound. I dunno maybe I'll give it a listen later on in the year, but this really did nothing for me other than remind me of how much better their debut was.