The two LCD singles were great and not supposedly among the best songs on the album. The Arcade Fire singles were dirge and the album was clearly going to be crap. Think, like Reflektor, the LCD album only needs to be OK for pitchfork to go nuts for it
Yeah, I agree 100%. The cynical part of me thinks Arcade Fire hired him for Reflektor for automatic positive reviews since the music wasn’t fit to do it on its own.
have you not noticed that since the 2016 celebrity death-rush they’ve suddenly stopped giving out really harsh reviews to anyone over about 40, and qualifying everything by saying what great careers they’ve had? never used to happen.
haha thats put me on the spot. its just a weird trend i feel like ive been noticing, might just all be in my head. pretty recent example; new coldplay ep that is pretty much universally acknowledged to be dreadful is 5.8- Kaleidoscope | Pitchfork - the last 2 (pre 2016) got savaged
EMA - Exile in the Outer Ring - 6.8 (though it’s leaked, I haven’t listened yet. guessing based on dodginess of her past few releases and her politics seem… questionable, if not out of line with Pitchfork’s.)
not so much what they are, but how they’re conveyed. That Active Shooter track (which felt vaguely opportunistic) plus a recent interview just read as someone who obviously pays attention to politics, yet reads as politically naive.