Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl (September 16, 2022) Album • Page 7

This is phenomenal

the stretch from holy to Frankenstein!

 

Matt Tong absolutely KILLS it on Frankenstein holy fuck

 

just hit play, i've avoided the singles other than HtG and This Hell.

 

I really love the title track.

 

really like Forgiveness

 

Really like Catch Me in the Air too! Your Age is the first one I'm not that into.

 

Imagining is immediately up there with Hold the Girl as my favourite so far though.

 

oh yeah this stretch in the middle is hot

 

hurricane feels like 2000s disney pop in the best way

 

as a Frankenstein fan this song is perfect lol

 

Yeah I'm loving this one.

 

Big fan of the closer too! I really like the album overall even if I am a little disappointed that it's not a bit more out there sonically. There's some great songs here.

 

can see Imagining as the set opener on the tour

extended intro backing track, Rina and band come on

"WHAT THE FUCK IS UP, [place name]?!?!?"

song kicks in on a 4-count and the place goes off

 

Nothing jumped out at first listen, but it was all “good.” Bought the vinyl so I’m hoping some spins reveal a few layers to me.

 

This album rules & Your Age is a good song. Feels nice to be listening to this in good quality.

 

I feel like this is a little undercooked. Feel like it is eclectic in a sense of just throwing a ton of ingredients into the pot rather than doing them with intention and understanding, like on her last album. I feel like the sound and the story of the album are kind of at odds with each other as well. Nothing on it is BAD, just feels a little less polished and I kinda wish she had waited a little longer to drop it. Standouts for me are this hell and frankenstein, the run of holy thru frankenstein is v good in total.

 

Title track has become my favorite

 

I really like the run from 6-10, "This Hell" and the title track. Hope more listens will help me like the rest, but just like the new Beach Bunny and Beabadoobee, too much of it is very mid and doesn't really have the uniqueness that I loved about her last one.

 

just waiting for someone to get their hands on the Japan-only bonus track, Flavor of the Month (can hear a snippet here: Hold The Girl).

 

i pretty much hate this hell lmao

 

I just listened to this for the first time. I like it but don’t love it. All the songs are good, it’s just hard not to compare it to SAWAYAMA which was transcendent

 

I’ll probably listen to it a bunch because my girlfriend loves it so I might change my opinion after a bunch of listens

 

from bloc party? Oh shit

 

and currently of Algiers, yeah!

 

Finding this surprisingly boring. Even some of the potentially good songs feel held back by drab beats and production. Not much hint of the fun genre-mixing of the first album or EP.

Your Age is a bad Nine Inch Nails homage.