There’s a sort of blessing that comes with a truly bad or disappointing song. A 1/10, if you will.
Year: 2022
A Deconstruction of The Districts’ “On Our Parting, My Beloved”
After my disgruntled previous post I made a vow to myself that I would not write again until I found something I genuinely enjoyed and could write about positively. No caveats, no half-hearted praise, no tempered analysis. I wanted to hear a new song that I legitimately liked.
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A Deconstruction of Alt-J’s “Chicago”
Recently I wrote about the trademarks of the classic “bad song”, where “bad” meant generic and totally forgettable. In that case it meant The disposable, lazy, often single-note hook repeated 4 times over a bland chord progression.
Music Thoughts Mar 8 – 12 2022
Redemption, thy name is Florence. After two extraordinarily bad promo singles, Florence + The Machine drop a proper song in the form of “My Love”.
Music Thoughts Mar 1 – 7 2022
The one inarguably definitive genre that emerged in the 2010s was mumble rap, which since its mainstream emergence about eight years ago has gone through various metamorphoses and dilutions to leave us with artists like sadeyes.