yeah i'm pretty enamored. faith healer is the low point but even that one isn't bad. everything else is just so good
Personally, I think Highlight Reel is the gut punch of the album. So sad, really fucks you up after Repeat already got you.
Sometimes I listen to an album and think “was this made just for me?” And that’s how I feel about this album. It’s fucking great.
The only songs I don't love (but still like a lot) are Song in E and Faith Healer. Everything else is phenomenal. My favorites now are probably Bloodshot, Ziptie, and Relative Fiction.
Is it just me or is the vocal melody at the beginning of Favors SUPER familiar....? It is driving me nuts but I swear I've heard something like it before...
FINALLY able to dive into this after an extremely busy several days for me. wow. this whips ass and is Extremely My Shit. instantly my favorite of hers I think
This album is perfect. I was kinda in the “Pretty good” camp at first but it has grown on me a ton already. Especially with good headphones.
(Can’t remember if I made a similar version of this post already) it’ll be a long time before I can compare this to the other records, but even if it doesn’t land as my *favorite* Julien album I’ll probably be able to call it her best.
the back half of this record is absolutely stunning. utterly perfect merge between the "newer" sounds she introduced with the more sparse instrumentation of her earlier works.
Man, I just love how she experiments with the vocal melody in live performances of this song. An absolute stunner.
Got a hold of the bonus track and uploaded it to YouTube. I suggest downloading it just in case it gets taken down.