Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 Expert In A Dying Field The Beths ★★★★ 80 Rock Indie Rock Jangle Pop Expert In A Dying Field represents pretty much a best-case-scenario for what is essentially a pretty basic, modern power pop album. The songs are really fun and playful and the vocals warm, welcoming andContinue reading “Expert In A Dying Field – The Beths ★★★★”
Tag Archives: Indie Pop
Alpha Zulu – Phoenix ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 Alpha Zulu Phoenix ★★★ 63 Rock Indie Pop Synthpop On Alpha Zulu, Phoenix gives you exactly what they’re supposed to — fun, upbeat tracks with catchy choruses, soaring synths, kind of weird lyrics and a blend of guitar effects and electronic bleeps and clicks that all result inContinue reading “Alpha Zulu – Phoenix ★★★”
Asphalt Meadows – Death Cab for Cutie ★★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 Asphalt Meadows Death Cab For Cutie ★★★½ 65 Rock Alternative Rock Death Cab For Cutie has been in the post-prime of their career for over a decade. After the peaks of Transatlanticism and Plans, the band started to sound more polished and commercial, leaning more into pop mixingContinue reading “Asphalt Meadows – Death Cab for Cutie ★★★½”
Blue Rev – Alvvays ★★★½
Year Album Artist Star Score Genre 2022 Blue Rev Alvvays ★★★½ 68 Rock Indie Pop Deam Pop Blue Rev on the surface has everything you’d look for in an Alvvays album. It’s composed of 14 cute dream pop songs that mix in a bit of indie rock energy. There are some fun guitar runs, someContinue reading “Blue Rev – Alvvays ★★★½”
We Have The Facts and We’re Voting Yes – Death Cab for Cutie ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2000 We Have The Facts and We’re Voting Yes! Death Cab For Cutie ★★★ 63 Rock Alternative Rock Indie Rock “Title Track” is a really appropriate opening for Death Cab for Cutie’s second record. It starts with the same raw, kind of muddy sounds and sad, lonely feeling foundContinue reading “We Have The Facts and We’re Voting Yes – Death Cab for Cutie ★★★”
Forever and Ever – SALES ★★½
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2018 Forever and Ever SALES ★★½ 50 Rock Indie Pop Bedroom Pop Forever and Ever by SALES is a stereotypical bedroom pop record, with sweet, dreamy vocals; soft, gentle guitar; do-it-yourself drum programming and production; and teenage diary-style lyrics. For the most part, albums like this are pleasant backgroundContinue reading “Forever and Ever – SALES ★★½”
Little Oblivions – Julien Baker ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2021 Little Oblivions Julien Baker ★★★ 63 Rock Indie Pop On Julien Baker’s third record, Little Oblivions, she shifted from her indie, stripped down, vocal-focused sound to a more high-end, pop rock production style. I think the introduction of drums, more piano, and distant, colorful synth keys were aContinue reading “Little Oblivions – Julien Baker ★★★”
Pang – Caroline Polachek ★★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2019 Pang Caroline Polachek ★★★ 56 Pop Indie Pop I’m a big fan of creative pop albums, but I was surprisingly underwhelmed by Pang, Caroline Polachek’s third solo record. A lot of the disappointment comes from her repetitive, elementary lyrics throughout the album. Listening to Polachek’s lyrics mostly feltContinue reading “Pang – Caroline Polachek ★★★”
LP3 – Hippo Campus ★★
Year Album Artist Stars Score Genre 2022 LP3 Hippo Campus ★★ 41 Pop Indie Pop Hippo Campus is a band that’s never quite known what they wanted to be, while at the same time always being the same thing. Their debut EPs and singles all featured cutesy, upbeat (and often offbeat) indie rock tracks, withContinue reading “LP3 – Hippo Campus ★★”
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