So, Dirty Projectors released one of the "albums of the Summer," according to a lot of bloggers, this year; well, they are now back with an EP. I have one pretty serious question: Why does it have "Cannibal Resource" on it again? I hate that! This EP is a waste and Dirty Projectors are one of the most over-rated acts out there. They re-use samples and sounds so often that the tracks begin to meld into one long painful cacophony of garbage. Nothing is worth your time here.Grade: 1.2 (only for "Cannibal Resource" being on it)
Real Estate-Real Estate
Is this what we need? Another soft-rock indie rock band from Jersey? I say why not, but they better be good. They aren't great, but they have talent. The songs really aren't that impressive and the production is way too twangy (I can still feel the strings vibrating somewhere in my chest), unedited, and really just not that good. There is a general feeling of possibility-like when you listen to Death Cab for Cutie's You Can Play These Songs with Chords. I suppose this is the result of too-early hype and the rush to put out a record. If you want to hear their best, then seek out the tracks "Fake Blues" and maybe "Black Lake" or "Let's Rock the Beach." Good luck!Grade: 3.7
Cate Le Bon-Me Oh My
Welsh-born Cate Le Bon brings her dark imagery and subject matter together with a light musical style that can go from psychedelic melancholy to dementia in a matter of seconds, see: "Burn Until the End." It always seems like one piece of a chord progression is a bit off-like an ice cream truck that has a warped note on it's jingle. Cate's voice is entrancing like a Joni Mitchell of the night. It takes on the personality of the music quite well going from dark and foreboding to light and seemingly unaware of the words that are coming forth. I kept the title track "Me Oh My," "It's Not the End," and the aforementioned "Burn Until the End."
Grade: 6.8
Welsh-born Cate Le Bon brings her dark imagery and subject matter together with a light musical style that can go from psychedelic melancholy to dementia in a matter of seconds, see: "Burn Until the End." It always seems like one piece of a chord progression is a bit off-like an ice cream truck that has a warped note on it's jingle. Cate's voice is entrancing like a Joni Mitchell of the night. It takes on the personality of the music quite well going from dark and foreboding to light and seemingly unaware of the words that are coming forth. I kept the title track "Me Oh My," "It's Not the End," and the aforementioned "Burn Until the End."Grade: 6.8
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