[REVIEW] Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/445942

This is horrible. The industrial style... It's so heavy, I feel like I'm drowning. It's crushing, overwhelming, uncomfortable,

grating.

There are definitely things here that are interesting, I liked passages from basically every song. But the vast majority of this album is just unadulterated trash. It doesn't even feel like music, just a random assortment of sounds barely "arranged".

I suppose that's the thing with experimental albums; if you want to listen to innovation in music, you have to be ready to listen to all the failures. Most of the stuff on this album doesn't work, it's horrible, actually. Occasionally, a nice melody plays, an interesting beat shines through... And that's it.

I'm trudging through shit in hopes of hearing gold.
^{Maybe I'm giving this shit too much credit...}

Also, this album is 2 years old, so I guess I've already listened to the good stuff in other songs, from artists that took inspiration... Really, it's unfair.

The lyrics are interesting sometimes. The flow, when there is a flow, is usually pretty cool. The spoken word sections are nice.

I mean, all things considered, this wasn't torture. But it did feel like Injury Reserve are unable to avoid ruining a perfectly good song with awful production and ridiculous vocal performances.

I don't have it in me to recommend this to anyone, ever. Their knees hurt 'cause they're growing, my ears hurt 'cause I'm listening to this album.

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Best song: Bye Storm
Worst song: Superman That
Rating: 1/5

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