by Blur
Listened on: October 1, 2024
Genres: Britpop, 90s, Indie, Shoegaze
Because i love Damon Albarn's vocals in Gorillaz so much, i thought i should listen to more of his Blur stuff. However...i wasn't very impressed by this album. The instrumentals, though they are technically good, feel drowned in the soupy, slow syrup of Damon’s voice. Usually i like this quality of his vocals, but i think it's because in Gorillaz tracks it's usually juxtaposed against something high energy or unexpected or experimental or genre bending. Here, both the instrumentals and the vocals having that languid quality just makes the whole experience a little dull/droning for me. I also find the lyricism a little too simple.
Anyways I had to really push myself to finish this one. 3 stars
