Monday, November 1, 2010

One sentence album reviews (#2)

So I've migrated my one sentence album reviews across the road to Twitter. You can catch them here during the day: http://twitter.com/moshpitson buried amongst my other ramblings and silliness.

The sentences are a lot shorter now, due to the character restriction. And some albums I just cut the titles out, because they are stupidly long like Bring Me the Horizon's new album. And don't worry, I try my best to keep grammar and spelling perfect.

Here's a summary of the last 2 weeks. If you're too lazy to even read one sentence, I recommend After the Fall, Bars of Gold, Belle and Sebastian and Amanda Palmer.

Bars of Gold - Of Gold (2010): former hardcore kids now mix indie, mathrock, 70's psychedelia (love the synth), punk & Modest Mouse. 4.5/5

Bring Me The Horizon (2010): would be a good metalcore album if they got rid of the electronica and kid's choir; but it's saturated. 2/5

Avey Tare - Down There (2010): What's the use of recording a solo album when it sounds identical to your band (Animal Collective)?! 2.5/5

The Chariot - Long Live (2010): absolute chaotic heaviness that manages to make good mathcore; not for people with weak eardrums. 4/5

Bad Religion - The Dissent of Man (2010): sounds like every other Bad Religion album ever made: as recycled as Gillard ranga jokes. 2.5/5

Amanda Palmer - Performs the Hits of Radiohead on her Magical Ukulele (2010): The title says it all, she nails it with 1 tiny instrument 4/5

Atreyu - Covers of the Damned EP (2010): This has ruined 5 perfectly good songs as well as any lingering respect I had for Atreyu. 0.5/5

After the Fall - Eradication (2010): Not the boring Australian band, but a great old school hardcore punk album from New Jersey. 4.5/5

Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love (2010): Quieter than their last few albums, but it's classic B&S: beautiful music & lyrics. 4.5/5

Abe Vigoda - Crush (2010): Kind of spacey chill music, at times a bit surf rock. 2.5/5

Abandon All Ships - Geeving (2010): generic post-hardcore with too much crappy electronica. 1.5/5

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