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Avey Tare - Eucalyptus (Domino, July 21, 2017)
The world of music criticism is incredibly varied, presenting different variables and considerations that one might find completely out of place or even nonsensical. I’ve read reviews of this album that are absolutely damaging, tearing it apart as if it were devoid of any meaning, when in my opinion, that’s not the case: it may appeal to some or not, but there are plenty of interesting ideas, even if it sometimes gets bogged down in certain mannerisms that prevent it from fulfilling its mission gloriously, but one couldn’t ask for more. After all, Avey Tare (that is, David Portner) comes from Animal Collective, a group that can certainly be described as a manifesto of the indie-pop genre. While it’s quality within its genre, it doesn’t have a significant psychedelic folk connotation, but as mentioned, the guy gives it a shot with interesting results. Psychedelic folk references from the American seventies like "Season High," "Melody Unfair," and "Ms. Secret" are intelligently combined with synthetic components and low-intensity Eastern shamanism, drone ("DR aw one for J"). Then the album loses its way a bit and becomes, in some ways, too pathetic in the style of Devendra Banhart ("Selection of a Place") or worse like "Boat Race" or Thom Yorke in "In Pieces," the allegorical rock and roll of "Roamer"... before recovering at the end with the trio "Coral Lords," "Sports in July," "When You Left Me," which revisits the dominant "electroacoustic" psychedelic folk sound in the album and mixes it with certain Amorphous Androgynous shades. I’d give it two stars, but as always, I prioritize taste over the overall quality of the album, which is certainly not trash-worthy, although it may be difficult to balance between music that is not for everyone (not because it’s "high," but simply because one might find it boring without grasping the rationale) and the pop-art aspirations that evidently it can’t seem to do without.
#aveytare #animalcollective #indie
Avey Tare - Ms. Secret (Official Video)
Avey Tare - Eucalyptus (Domino, July 21, 2017)
The world of music criticism is incredibly varied, presenting different variables and considerations that one might find completely out of place or even nonsensical. I’ve read reviews of this album that are absolutely damaging, tearing it apart as if it were devoid of any meaning, when in my opinion, that’s not the case: it may appeal to some or not, but there are plenty of interesting ideas, even if it sometimes gets bogged down in certain mannerisms that prevent it from fulfilling its mission gloriously, but one couldn’t ask for more. After all, Avey Tare (that is, David Portner) comes from Animal Collective, a group that can certainly be described as a manifesto of the indie-pop genre. While it’s quality within its genre, it doesn’t have a significant psychedelic folk connotation, but as mentioned, the guy gives it a shot with interesting results. Psychedelic folk references from the American seventies like "Season High," "Melody Unfair," and "Ms. Secret" are intelligently combined with synthetic components and low-intensity Eastern shamanism, drone ("DR aw one for J"). Then the album loses its way a bit and becomes, in some ways, too pathetic in the style of Devendra Banhart ("Selection of a Place") or worse like "Boat Race" or Thom Yorke in "In Pieces," the allegorical rock and roll of "Roamer"... before recovering at the end with the trio "Coral Lords," "Sports in July," "When You Left Me," which revisits the dominant "electroacoustic" psychedelic folk sound in the album and mixes it with certain Amorphous Androgynous shades. I’d give it two stars, but as always, I prioritize taste over the overall quality of the album, which is certainly not trash-worthy, although it may be difficult to balance between music that is not for everyone (not because it’s "high," but simply because one might find it boring without grasping the rationale) and the pop-art aspirations that evidently it can’t seem to do without.
#aveytare #animalcollective #indie
Avey Tare - Ms. Secret (Official Video)
sotomayor
29 sep 18
DeRank ™: 0,00
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