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OVerdrive Philosophy
Artist: OVerdrive Philosophy | Release Date: 2022.02.18
Raw, no-frills, bluesy old school rock n roll.
Wailing vocals, guitar solos, mellow bass, all the tom fills.
Would probably sound even better if I was illegally smoking in a dive bar that spit shines their glasswear.
Favorite Track: 구호물품 pt. 2 (Painful Truth)
★★☆☆☆
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11111101
Artist: IDIOTAPE | Release Date: 2011.12.20
Dry, aggresive synths, live drums, and occasional guitar. Instrumental band.
Yooooooooo it's that song from The Geniuuuuuuuuus!
Great riffs and buildups. Would be fun to see them at a festival like the one linked above.
Favorite Track: Melodie
★★★☆☆
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Cosmic
Artist: Red Velvet | Release Date: 2024.06.24
First single and first album from RV I've honestly enjoyed since the Bad Boy days.
Second track has trendy pop rock song DNA, but without actually making it rock. Other songs all pretty chill.
"𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓿𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓸 𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓹𝓲𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓜𝓲𝓭𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓶𝓪𝓻"
Favorite Track: Cosmic
★★★☆☆
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Going Blank Again
Artist: Ride | Release Date: 1992.03.01
Very 90s, very jam, generally light atmosphere but we stay rocking.
Do they have XTC influence or are they just British or do they have XTC influence because they are British?
Time Machine would be even more #1 if the beat didn't switch.
Favorite Track: Time Machine
★★★☆☆
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16 Fantasy
Artist: 이영지 (Youngji Lee) | Release Date: 2024.06.21
Contemporary machine gun rapping and 90s style soulful RnB sandwiched in between some stinkers.
Not a fan of the intro or Meenoi-type track 2. The end track is the worst with some "feel-good, inspirational" pop rock thing.
The middle three tho. Great instrumentals, great lyrics.
Favorite Track: 모르는 아저씨 (Unknown guy)
★★☆☆☆
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Clique
Artist: Citizen Queen | Release Date: 2023.09.15
US girl group formed by someone from Pentatonix. If I knew beforehand I wouldn't have given this a chance.
I can imagine a girl who just got dumped getting taken out by her friends to drink, listen to this, and yell queen at each other until someone ends up vomiting in the bathroom.
All-in-all no stinkers and great performances, but I'm way too removed from the target audience.
Favorite Track: Break Up
★☆☆☆☆
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Lucky 7
Artist: 森高千里 (Moritaka Chisato) | Release Date: 1995.05.09
Japanese 80s idol-type singer goes 90s pop rock. Plays half the instruments on the whole album, too.
Goes from French-inspired beats, to Japanese melodies, to ballads, to whatever they want.
First track hypes you up with them drums then hits you with the worst guitar solo of all time. It also has some kind of shout out to Hosono's Paraiso with how it ends??????
Favorite Track: ばっさりやってよ
★★☆☆☆
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접속 (CONNECT)
Artist: swimrabbit | Release Date: 2024.06.13
Playful, airy. Feels just like the foggy photo on the cover.
Icy beats and warm vocal features.
Could maybe make a TOKiMONSTA comparison.
Favorite Track: 신기루 정원 (Mirage Garden)
★★★☆☆
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RIZZ
Artist: 수진 (Soojin) | Release Date: 2024.05.23
Fun summer album with trendy beats.
Garage, tropical, RnB, Dua Lipa, 80s driving music.
Her last release is one of my favorite Kpop albums. This album didn't raise the bar for me, but in the end it's still a better front-to-back experience than many other Kpop albums.
Favorite Track: RIZZ ME UP
★★☆☆☆
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TIMELESS
Artist: Kaytranada | Release Date: 2024.06.07
That signature groove all the way through. Sample selection, off-the-grid percs, funky lines above and below 200 Hz.
Great performances all around from vocal collabs.
Contemporary song length, but the amount of tracks still takes it just over an hour. Not a problem unless your dancing battery runs out of juice first.
Favorite Track: Drip Sweat
★★★☆☆
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Sweetie but Saltie
Artist: cignature | Release Date: 2024.06.10
Good single. Reminds me of recent Oh My Girl, but I like this more.
Spoken intro to "I like I like" makes it sound like Chloe didn't grow up in the US.
Hoping for more than one release per year. Maybe then they'd get that call from Waterbomb. (UPDATE: Jiwon showed up as a special guest and sang one song lol)
Favorite Track: 풍덩 (Poongdung)
★☆☆☆☆
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The Caretaker
Artist: Half Waif | Release Date: 2020.03.27
Lightly swinging head-first back and forth then someone suddenly puts a necklaces of daisies around my neck.
Muffled, contemplative, steady.
Like the character of a play dreaming about what could be "out there".
Favorite Track: Lapsing
★☆☆☆☆
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BODY
Artist: 루루 (RuRu) | Release Date: 2024.05.31
Neo-soul full of antioxidants.
Smooth smooth smooooooth. Like a vitaminwater on a hot day.
Been noticing lately a lot of last tracks being piano ballads. Got a good chord change in this one.
Favorite Track: 맨날맨날 (daily routine)
★★★★★
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Pattern Damage
Artist: Bianca Scout | Release Date: 2024.04.02
Glitchy, mechanical, chamber, bouncy ball bearing.
Contemporary dance majors everywhere busted one when this came out.
Listened to this exactly when I needed it, but it's definitely not a regular day casual listen.
Favorite Track: I Don't Sleep
★★☆☆☆
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