Trollheart Listens to Every Album on Wiki's List for 2017

Trollheart · 11-16-2017, 03:49 PM

Album title: Trophy
Artist: Sunny Sweeney
Genre: Country
Nationality: American
Release date: March 10
Position in Discography: Fourth
Fear Factor: Moderate
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? A little
Average RYM Score: 3.28
Oh man, that just sounds like a made-up name, doesn't it? But no: it's her real name. Okay, my usual worry about this being country pop disappeared as soon as she started singing “Pass the Pain”: now there's a proper country song. And it's just continued in that vein so far. Real honky-tonk stuff; **** Josh Turner: this is the real country music! “I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight”, “Why People Change”, “Nothing Wrong With Texas” - all top country songs. Think I'm a fan now. Seriously impressed.

Check out more from this artist? Oh yes
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Expectation Index: 10

Paedantic Basterd · 11-16-2017, 05:06 PM

Have you bailed on taking recs from the peanut gallery?

Neapolitan · 11-16-2017, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Paedantic Basterd

Have you bailed on taking recs from the peanut gallery?

You don't want to poke the bear on that issue. I think I mentioned that to him once too many times and now I am on his blacklist.

Trollheart · 11-16-2017, 06:03 PM

Album title: Heartworms
Artist: The Shins
Genre: Indie Pop/Indie Rock
Nationality: American
Release date: March 10
Position in Discography: Fifth
Fear Factor: Moderate
Familiar with this artist? No but I've heard of them
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 2.92
Not sure if the title is meant to be a play on earworm or on that Carcass album (probably not the latter) but this starts off nicely, very bouncy pop, very listenable and singalong. “Mildenhall” has a sort of country feel, and there are some catchy tracks but I find myself becoming bored with it less than halfway through, and it ends up sounding a little dated and twee. Closer is quite nice though.

Check out more from this artist? No
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Expectation Index: 0

Trollheart · 11-16-2017, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Paedantic Basterd

Have you bailed on taking recs from the peanut gallery?

No, but didn't you already give me three recs?

Paedantic Basterd · 11-16-2017, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

No, but didn't you already give me three recs?

Yeah, I wasn't looking to add more, I just noticed that there haven't been any such reviews since Frown's.

Trollheart · 11-16-2017, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Paedantic Basterd

Yeah, I wasn't looking to add more, I just noticed that there haven't been any such reviews since Frown's.

Yeah, give me time. It's only ten days into March at the moment. I'll be doing some soon. There's a lot to get through here. Be patient. Please.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 11-16-2017, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Yeah, give me time. It's only ten days into March at the moment. I'll be doing some soon. There's a lot to get through here. Be patient. Please.

no

Trollheart · 11-16-2017, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

no

You're gettin' moved to the back of the queue then.

Trollheart · 11-17-2017, 09:59 AM

Album title: Yours Conditionally
Artist: Tennis
Genre: Indie Pop/Indie Rock
Nationality: American
Release date: March 10
Position in Discography: Fourth
Fear Factor: Moderate
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.22
Well the last indie pop/rock album I did – which was the last entry – didn't exactly impress me, so is this going to be any better? Starts off with a kind of Motown soul style thing, very nice. The next two tracks are good too. I like her voice, very almost dream pop. Maybe. If I had a clue what dream pop was. I would have to say though that I'm enjoying this a whole lot better than The Shins. Maybe it's the female vox that sound more cheerful and somehow more meaningful, or maybe it's just better music, but I've liked every track so far, and we're up to the eighth of ten tracks. Yeah that was pretty sweet.

Check out more from this artist? Yes
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Expectation Index: 10

11-16-2017, 03:49 PM	#991 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Album title: Trophy Artist: Sunny Sweeney Genre: Country Nationality: American Release date: March 10 Position in Discography: Fourth Fear Factor: Moderate Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? A little Average RYM Score: 3.28 Oh man, that just sounds like a made-up name, doesn't it? But no: it's her real name. Okay, my usual worry about this being country pop disappeared as soon as she started singing “Pass the Pain”: now there's a proper country song. And it's just continued in that vein so far. Real honky-tonk stuff; **** Josh Turner: this is the real country music! “I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight”, “Why People Change”, “Nothing Wrong With Texas” - all top country songs. Think I'm a fan now. Seriously impressed. Check out more from this artist? Oh yes Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Expectation Index: 10 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

11-16-2017, 06:03 PM	#994 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Album title: Heartworms Artist: The Shins Genre: Indie Pop/Indie Rock Nationality: American Release date: March 10 Position in Discography: Fifth Fear Factor: Moderate Familiar with this artist? No but I've heard of them Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 2.92 Not sure if the title is meant to be a play on earworm or on that Carcass album (probably not the latter) but this starts off nicely, very bouncy pop, very listenable and singalong. “Mildenhall” has a sort of country feel, and there are some catchy tracks but I find myself becoming bored with it less than halfway through, and it ends up sounding a little dated and twee. Closer is quite nice though. Check out more from this artist? No Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Expectation Index: 0 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

11-17-2017, 09:59 AM	#1000 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Album title: Yours Conditionally Artist: Tennis Genre: Indie Pop/Indie Rock Nationality: American Release date: March 10 Position in Discography: Fourth Fear Factor: Moderate Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 3.22 Well the last indie pop/rock album I did – which was the last entry – didn't exactly impress me, so is this going to be any better? Starts off with a kind of Motown soul style thing, very nice. The next two tracks are good too. I like her voice, very almost dream pop. Maybe. If I had a clue what dream pop was. I would have to say though that I'm enjoying this a whole lot better than The Shins. Maybe it's the female vox that sound more cheerful and somehow more meaningful, or maybe it's just better music, but I've liked every track so far, and we're up to the eighth of ten tracks. Yeah that was pretty sweet. Check out more from this artist? Yes Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Expectation Index: 10 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

11-16-2017, 05:06 PM	#992 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	Have you bailed on taking recs from the peanut gallery?