Having participated in the DiS Cure listening club recently, I listened to the handful of more recent Cure albums I’d never heard before and wasn’t impressed, so my expectations weren’t high. But after skimming through some reviews and noticing it was being praised just ahead of release, I decided to try it. Really is quite impressive considering the amount of time that’s passed and how little I cared about anything The Cure has put out in the last 30 years. I’ve still only played it twice, so it’s not like it blew me away and I’m obsessed, but I was pleasantly surprised.
As someone who had little to no interest in mainstream dance pop music in the 90s I have no business enjoying that Confidence Man album as much as I do.
No Jesus Lizard yet? I hadn’t listened to their last 2 albums until the week Rack came out. The new album felt more like a continuation of 1994’s Down, and was surprisingly solid.
Seen a couple of people post it in the disappointing albums thread so I’m gonna stick up for Sleater-Kinney’s latest. By no means a classic but much better than the two albums that have preceded it and renewed my faith in them quite a bit.
Was very pleasantly surprised by Jlin’s Akoma, which I would argue is her most inventive and creative work to date yet her most accessible. Really took her post-footwork experimentalism to new heights. Dazzling album.