HIT MY HEAD ALL DAY is a strong opener; it sets the tone for the rest of the album. Straight out the gate, this isn’t an album for everyone, because not everyone can make the offbeat spoken word mentally fit with the guitar ripping underneath.
IS DRY CLEANING A REGULAR ON OUR PLAYLISTS?
Nope. It’s a cool find, probably due to the massive bump it got from promo and PR on release. The album cover is cool, and so is the general feel of the album, but on this occasion we might not be cool enough to get it. And that’s ok.
We’d bet that some people will skip through each track, at high speed, and declare it is not for them. But just like we’ve spoken about in our newsletters, you need to give something a dedicated listen, at least twice. So we have. We have come back to it a few times, we are responsible for some of those 100k and counting streams on each track.
MY SOUL / HALF PINT feels a little looser than the two tracks before it, and in a good way, the bass carries so well through this one.
Musically, the album is great; it’s crispy and clean, production is wonderful, and it easily pushes you to find the space between the deadpan delivery and the twangy guitar.
If you get to that space (and not everyone will), listen to the lyrics. While it might be a pointless pursuit to try to sing along, reading the lyrics will get you through. There is something addictive about the idea that they are just saying whatever pops into their head, whether mundane or interesting.
After a first run through, it reminded us of something, and it took about 48 hours to work it out. Moby, If Things Were Perfect, but maybe with less feeling.
Is it interesting? Yes, in the way that new music that doesn’t sound like every other release is. Is it good? Yes, in the way that it has great production, is lyrically smart, and they got 11 songs out of it.
Would we recommend it? Yes, on the basis that it isn’t your run-of-the-mill album.
If you like Sofia Isella, give these a go.
Perhaps this is for the people who get it, and perhaps we don’t.
Or maybe it really is just overhyped and dull.
3/5 Cups
