Psy-Fi

1. What were your VERY FIRST impressions on listening to the album, say from the first five minutes in?
Liked the music but didn't care for the vocals.

2. What did you think of the opening track?
Same answer as the previous question.

3. What did you think of the next track?
Same answer as question 1.

4. Did you like the vocalist? Hate him/her? Any impressions?
Didn't care for the vocals. They actually got in the way of the music for me.

5. Did the music (only) generally appeal to you, or not?
Most of it, yes.

6. Did the album get better or worse as you listened to it?
Stayed the same throughout.

7. What did you think of the lyrical content?
I understand a little bit of Portuguese but not enough to decipher the lyrics all the way through any of the songs.

8. Did you like the instrumental parts?
Mostly, yes.

9. What did you think of the production?
It sounded quite good.

10. Did you know of this artiste prior to listening to the album, and if so, did that foreknowledge colour your perception of this album?
Never heard of them before this.

11. Is this, generally, the kind of music you listen to or not?
No.

12. Assuming you listened to the album more than once, on repeated listens, did you find you liked the album more, or less?
Listened twice. Had the same reaction to it after the second listen.

13. What would you class as your favourite track, if you have one?
No favorite.

14. And the one you liked least?
None of them stood out as being particularly bad.

15. If the album in question is a debut, did that fact allow it, in your mind, any leeway, and if so, was that decision justified or vindicated?
N/A

16. Are you now looking forward to hearing more from this artiste, if you have not heard any of their other material?
No. The vocals sunk the album for me. Don't care to hear any more.

17. Were you surprised by your reaction - positive or negative - to the album?
Didn't know what to expect going into it.

18. Did the album end well?
Yes. I thought the album seemed to go on too long, though. I lost interest halfway into it.

19. Do you see any way the album could have been improved?
For my listening pleasure, I'd remove the vocals, make it an instrumental album and whittle it down to 8 or 9 tunes.

20. Do you think the album hung together well, ie was a fully cohesive unit, or was it a bit hit-and-miss?
It hung together well.

5/10

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