Shareefruck
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It's sort of evened out and dropped to a 4.0 for me after sitting with it some more. I really like the overall vibe of the Guthrie/Budd combo (disappointed that their collaborations don't have the same spark) and thought Fraser happened to play more of a supportive role on this album, but yeah, she's always great. Which middle parts didn't grab you?Listened to that Cocteau Twins album. Loved parts of it but the but the middle tracks kind of converged into a whole that didn't grab me besides the odd moment. Sea, Swallow Me is absolutely brilliant. Although I still love Lorelei and Iceblink Luck more. Still, absolutely one of their best song. Elizabeth Fraser's rising, dramatic vocals are something else...greatest female vocalist of all-time, leaves everyone else in the dust. Grace Slick a distant second. Eyes are Mosaic and Bloody and Blunt were great too. Surprised Leave Me Alone ended up clicking with you. I didn't think that would happen.
Microcastle by Deerhunter (2008) - Nothing of interest save the track that made me try it out: Agoraphobia. Might try it again.
I always loved the actual song structure itself for Leave Me Alone, I just couldn't get past Sumner's vocals, but yeah it grew on me a lot and it feels like less of an issue now, for that one song anyways. Hearing that cover version helped alot.
Take Me To Your Leader is starting to grow on me a lot, too. I think I might like it more than Madvillainy now. Probably the only hip-hop album I've ever heard where the tracks that were just samples and skits actually ended up being the highlight of the album, to me-- there's just something really effortlessly cool about those tracks and how they're produced.
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