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

Trollheart · 11-20-2017, 03:22 PM

Album title: Scatterbrain
Artist: KXM
Genre: Hard Rock
Nationality: American
Release date: March 13
Position in Discography: Second
Fear Factor: Low
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Yes
Average RYM Score: 3.24
Ex-members of Dokken and King's X? Sounds good. Well, maybe: I'm not really impressed with the opener, and title track, and it's kind of boring until “Big Sky Country” catches my attention, and “Not a Single Word” is good too, as is “Panic Attack”, but the title of “It's Never Enough” belies the truth. Man that's a terrible song. And now the album has begun a real decline as they rack off two more really poor songs. They pull it back at the last with a country-ish ballad, but overall it's not completely poor, but it's a lot below par than I might have expected. Actually, the ballad isn't even that great, to be fair.

Check out more from this artist? Probably not
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Expectation Index: 7

**Frownland** · 11-20-2017, 03:25 PM

My dad is all the **** about those dudes for some reason. Sounded pretty stale and slapped together even for a radio has-beens supergroup. They clearly did it for cash.

Trollheart · 11-20-2017, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

My dad is all the **** about those dudes for some reason. Sounded pretty stale and slapped together even for a radio has-beens supergroup. They clearly did it for cash.

My thoughts exactly. ****ing "supergroups": why don't they just retire with good grace and live on their fortunes? Guys must be in their sixties by now. Except for the drummer from Korn. And who gives a **** about the drummer from Korn?

Trollheart · 11-20-2017, 04:15 PM

Album title: Blossom
Artist: Milky Chance
Genre: Folktronica/Pop
Nationality: German
Release date: March 17
Position in Discography: Second
Fear Factor: Low
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 2.73
Folktronica? Ah. A mix of electronic music and folk. Well, I suppose I could have guessed that. In fact, I think I may have heard a folktronica album before, though I'll be damned if I can remember what it was. So far though I'd have to say this is fairly boring and I see little if any folk in it. Sorry, I can't take this: it's just way too tedious. Even the addition of a harmonica – which normally allows me to grant a stay of execution on an album, as it were – can't save this. Not actually terrible, just boring. What kind of a stupid band name is Milky Chance, anyway?

Check out more from this artist? No
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? If folktronica is all like this, no, not if I can help it

Expectation Index: 10

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 11-20-2017, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Except for the drummer from Korn. And who gives a **** about the drummer from Korn?

Norg

Trollheart · 11-20-2017, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

Norg

Like I said....

**Frownland** · 11-20-2017, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

My thoughts exactly. ****ing "supergroups": why don't they just retire with good grace and live on their fortunes? Guys must be in their sixties by now. Except for the drummer from Korn. And who gives a **** about the drummer from Korn?

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Originally Posted by Frownland

My dad

Trollheart · 11-20-2017, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

We all got our crosses to bear. Old people suck. Take it from one who knows.

Paedantic Basterd · 11-20-2017, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Even the addition of a harmonica – which normally allows me to grant a stay of execution on an album, as it were

Never before has this sentence been uttered in the history of music.

**Frownland** · 11-20-2017, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

We all got our crosses to bear. Old people suck. Take it from one who knows.

He cared about the drummer as a young man too. As I said:

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11-20-2017, 03:22 PM	#1071 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Scatterbrain Artist: KXM Genre: Hard Rock Nationality: American Release date: March 13 Position in Discography: Second Fear Factor: Low Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Yes Average RYM Score: 3.24 Ex-members of Dokken and King's X? Sounds good. Well, maybe: I'm not really impressed with the opener, and title track, and it's kind of boring until “Big Sky Country” catches my attention, and “Not a Single Word” is good too, as is “Panic Attack”, but the title of “It's Never Enough” belies the truth. Man that's a terrible song. And now the album has begun a real decline as they rack off two more really poor songs. They pull it back at the last with a country-ish ballad, but overall it's not completely poor, but it's a lot below par than I might have expected. Actually, the ballad isn't even that great, to be fair. Check out more from this artist? Probably not Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Expectation Index: 7 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

11-20-2017, 03:25 PM	#1072 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	My dad is all the **** about those dudes for some reason. Sounded pretty stale and slapped together even for a radio has-beens supergroup. They clearly did it for cash. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

11-20-2017, 04:15 PM	#1074 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Blossom Artist: Milky Chance Genre: Folktronica/Pop Nationality: German Release date: March 17 Position in Discography: Second Fear Factor: Low Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 2.73 Folktronica? Ah. A mix of electronic music and folk. Well, I suppose I could have guessed that. In fact, I think I may have heard a folktronica album before, though I'll be damned if I can remember what it was. So far though I'd have to say this is fairly boring and I see little if any folk in it. Sorry, I can't take this: it's just way too tedious. Even the addition of a harmonica – which normally allows me to grant a stay of execution on an album, as it were – can't save this. Not actually terrible, just boring. What kind of a stupid band name is Milky Chance, anyway? Check out more from this artist? No Check out more from this genre or subgenre? If folktronica is all like this, no, not if I can help it Expectation Index: 10 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018