Cecil Frena - The Gridlock (Feburary 9, 2018) Album • Page 4

i mean hey, he's a collaborator with purity ring and grimes, hah. he's not just some no name dude

but he's also one of the best live performers i've ever seen

 

no im just saying he plays very very small local shows here, and i didnt realize he had any tie to Born Gold just from the project name buzzing around town.

 

oh yeah. that makes sense, he's criminally underappreciated.

 

His voice sounds so alt-radio rock sometimes, it’s sick he’s using it to make this music

 

it's funny you say that because someone compared "all of my heroes" to if seether was good today

lol

 

This is excellent

 

welcome to the thread!

 

Thanks for hyping up this record! I knew I'd love it when you said it's a weird pop album and somehow all the ideas work

 

Lmao I hear that so clearly. I think that’s what I was listening to when I made that comment too.

 

Honestly, can't stop listening to this.

 

I'm a little surprised you like it tbh but that rules

 

You Are My Compass is my highlight here, but I'm coming back to this. Parts are a little overwhelming, like Cecil has too many ideas and not enough song to fit them in, but the hooks are damn good

 

yup, that's been me for months, hahaha. it's addicting

 

I’m curious why you feel that way!

 

It's just really all over the place! I find his poppiest tendencies to be endearing but I wouldn't fault some for thinking it bordered on a little much at times. Wasn't meant as a knock at you or anything, I was just predestined to like this given my well-documented love for all of his projects so it's cool to see how people new to him are receiving it so warmly!

 

I listened to this while driving home from work last night and it was very interesting, but only All Of My Heroes Are Dead and Die Old really clicked with me immediately. I’m gonna give it some more listens, for sure. There’s a lot going on here.

 

I don’t know much about/listen to a lot of electronic music but I definitely like this

 

This should be a bannable offense

 

This is very good.

 

im obsessed with this.

also the screaming in die old sounds straight up like some early The World is... screaming

 

Yeah, totally sounds like TWIABP screaming. That popped into my head immediately.

 

All My Heroes is the best song on here.

 

IDk if this makes sense, but Nerves Grow Rust has such an epic, cathartic feel to it.

 

This has been a pleasant surprise this year. Such an interesting sound and the vocals are a real high point here. I've had the choruses for You Are My Compass and Hyphen repeating in my head for a while.

 

Such a shame that no notable publications bothered to review this